Genesis 37:27

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

It is better that he be sold to the Ismaelites, and that our hands be not defiled: for he is our brother and our flesh. His brethren agreed to his words.

Cross References

Matthew 16:26

For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?

Genesis 42:21

And they talked one to another: We deserve to suffer these things, because we have sinned against our brother, seeing the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear. Therefore is this affliction come upon us.

1 Samuel 18:17

And Saul said to David: Behold my elder daughter Merob: her will I give thee to wife. Only be a valiant man, and fight the battles of the Lord. Now Saul said within himself: Let not my hand be upon him; but let the hands of the Philistines be upon him.

Revelation 18:13

And cinnamon, and odours, and ointment, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.

1 Timothy 1:10

For fornicators, for them who defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and whatever other thing is contrary to sound doctrine,

Matthew 26:15

And said to them: What will you give me, and I will deliver him unto you? But they appointed him thirty pieces of silver.

Nehemiah 5:8

And I said to them: We, as you know, have redeemed according to our ability our brethren the Jews, that were sold to the Gentiles; and will you then sell your brethren, for us to redeem them? And they held their peace, and found not what to answer.

2 Samuel 12:9

Why therefore hast thou despised the word of the Lord, to do evil in my sight? Thou hast killed Urias the Hethite with the sword; and hast taken his wife to be thy wife; and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

Exodus 21:21

But if the party remain alive a day or two, he shall not be subject to the punishment, because it is his money.

Exodus 21:16

He that shall steal a man, and sell him, being convicted of guilt, shall be put to death.

Genesis 37:22

Do not take away his life, nor shed his blood: but cast him into this pit, that is in the wilderness, and keep your hands harmless. Now he said this, being desirous to deliver him out of their hands and to restore him to his father.

Genesis 29:14

He answered: Thou art my bone and my flesh. And after the days of one month were expired,

Genesis 50:20

You thought evil against me: but God turned it into good, that he might exalt me, as at present you see, and might save many people.

Nehemiah 5:5

And now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren; and our children as their children. Behold, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters; and some of our daughters are bondwomen already. Neither have we wherewith to redeem them; and our fields and our vineyards other men possess.