Study it in the app“Then they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted their eyes and looked, and look, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels carrying aromatic gum, balm, and ladanum, on their way to take it down to Egypt.”
Joseph is thrown into a cistern by his own brothers and soldLoneliness
Then they sat downוַיֵּשְׁבוּto eatלֶאֱכָלbread;לֶחֶםand they liftedוַיִּשְׂאוּtheir eyesעֵינֵיהֶםand looked,וַיִּרְאוּand look,וְהִנֵּהa caravanאֹרְחַתof Ishmaelitesיִשְׁמְעֵאלִיםwas comingבָּאָהfrom Gilead,מִגִּלְעָדwith their camelsוּגְמַלֵּיהֶםcarryingנֹשְׂאִיםaromatic gum,נְכֹאתbalm,וּצְרִיand ladanum,וָלֹטon their wayהוֹלְכִיםto take it downלְהוֹרִידto Egypt.מִצְרָיְמָה
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yeshvu” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “echal” appearsfood
Everything eaten at the table, even if it is not bread.
Where else “lechem” appearslift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “yisu” appearseye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yiru” appearscaravan
Caravan: a company of travelers or merchants with their animals.
Where else “orchat” appearsIshmaelite
Ishmaelite: a descendant of Ishmael, son of Abraham and Hagar.
Where else “yishmelim” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “baa” appearsGilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appearscamel
Camel.
Where else “gemale” appearsgum
Aromatic gum: a fragrant resin sold as perfume or medicine.
Where else “nechot” appearsbalm
Balm: a resin used as medicine; Gilead was famous for it.
Where else “tseri” appearsladanum
Ladanum: an aromatic resin from a shrub.
Where else “lot” appearsgo
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holchim” appearsbring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “horid” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayma” appears1Gilead
Today: northern Jordan, east of the Jordan River
A hill region east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh settled there (Num 32:1, 33). Jephthah was from Gilead (Judg 11:1). Jeremiah spoke of its balm (Jer 8:22).
2Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
24and they took him and threw him into the cistern. The cistern was empty; there was no water in it.
25 · This verse (above)
26Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
1. What it says
What did the brothers do to Joseph, and what did they tell Jacob (vv. 23-33)?
2. What it means
What reasons did the brothers have for hating Joseph (vv. 3-4, 8)?
3. How I live it
How do you handle envy when someone receives more attention than you?
