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Genesis 37:23-27

Genesis 37:23

So it came about, when Joseph reached his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the multicolored tunic that was on him;

Genesis 37:24

and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, without any water in it.

Genesis 37:25

Then they sat down to eat a meal. But as they raised their eyes and looked, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels carrying labdanum resin, balsam, and myrrh, on their way to bring them down to Egypt.

Genesis 37:26

And Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it for us to kill our brother and cover up his blood?

Genesis 37:27

Come, and let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his brothers listened to him.