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Come,לְכוּlet us sell himוְנִמְכְּרֶנּוּto the Ishmaelites,לַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִיםand let notוְ אַלour handיָדֵנוּbeתְּהִיon him,בוֹforכִּיheהוּאis our brother,אָחִינוּour flesh.”בְשָׂרֵנוּAnd his brothersאֶחָיוlistened.וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ
Genesis 37:27
Study it in the app“Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be on him, for he is our brother, our flesh.” And his brothers listened.”
Joseph is thrown into a cistern by his own brothers and soldLoneliness
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 37:27, word by word
- Comeלְכוּlechu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechu” appears- let us sell himנִמְכְּרֶnimkre
sell
To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.
Where else “nimkre” appears- to the Ishmaelitesיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִיםyishmelim
Ishmaelite
Ishmaelite: a descendant of Ishmael, son of Abraham and Hagar.
Where else “yishmelim” appears- our handיָדֵyade
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appears- beתְּהִיtehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tehi” appears- is our brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- our fleshבְשָׂרֵvesare
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “vesare” appears- listenedיִּשְׁמְעוּyishmu
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “yishmu” appears
The context
26Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
27 · This verse (above)
28Then Midianite men, traders, passed by; and they drew and lifted Joseph out of the cistern and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver; and they brought Joseph to Egypt.
To study Genesis 37 in a group
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?