28 So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
Genesis 37:28
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Genesis 37:35–36
35 All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him. 36 Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and cap…
Genesis 39:1–2
1 Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there. 2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in…
Book of Jubilees 34:10–12
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Testament of Zebulun 1:15–17
15 For for this cause the Lord forbade that water should rise up in them in order that Joseph should be preserved. (T12) 16 And they did so, until they sold him to the Ishmaelites. (T12) 17 For in his price I had no share, my children. (T12)
Testament of Gad 1:12–14
12 Moreover, I hated him yet more for his dreams; and I wished to lick [*1] him out of the land of the living, even as an ox licketh up the grass of the field. (T12) 13 And Judah sold him secretly to the Ishmaelites. (T12) 14 Thus the God of our fathers delivered him from our hands… (T12)
Book of Jubilees 39:1–3
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Testament of Zebulun 1:33–35
33 Let us slay a kid of the goats, and dip in it the coat of Joseph; and let us send it to Jacob, saying: Know, is this the coat of thy son? (T12) 34 And they did so. For they stripped off from Joseph his coat when they were selling him, and put upon him the garment of a… (T12) 35 … (T12)
Genesis 37:22–24
22 “Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father. 23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—…
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