Genesis 37:28

Modern English Version

Then when the Midianite merchants passed by, they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. They took Joseph to Egypt.

Cross References

Genesis 25:2

And she bore to him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

Genesis 37:25

Then they sat down to eat. And looking up, they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices, balm, and myrrh, carrying it down to Egypt.

Genesis 37:36

Meanwhile the Midianites sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.

Genesis 39:1

Now Joseph was brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there.

Genesis 40:15

For I was indeed kidnapped out of the land of the Hebrews, and I have done nothing that they should put me in the dungeon.”

Genesis 50:15

When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “Perhaps Joseph will hate us and will certainly pay us back for all the wrong we did to him.”

Psalm 105:17

He sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

Psalm 83:9

Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the river Kishon,

Exodus 2:16

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

Exodus 21:16

He who kidnaps a man and sells him, or if he is found in his possession, shall surely be put to death.

Isaiah 60:6

The multitude of camels shall cover your land, the young camels of Midian and Ephah; all those from Sheba shall come; they shall bring gold and incense and shall bear good news of the praises of the Lord.

Jeremiah 38:13

Then they drew Jeremiah up with cords and took him up out of the cistern, and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

Leviticus 27:5

If the person is five to twenty years old, then the equivalent value shall be twenty shekels for a male and ten shekels for a female.

Numbers 25:15

The name of the Midianite woman who was slain was Kozbi the daughter of Zur. He was chief over a people and of a father’s house in Midian.

Numbers 25:17

“Be hostile to the Midianites, and defeat them,

Matthew 26:15

and said to them, “What will you give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they paid him thirty pieces of silver.

Matthew 27:9

Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of Him on whom a value had been set by some of the Israelites,

Acts 7:9

“The patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him,

Judges 8:22

Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us, you, and your son, and your grandson, for you have saved us from the hands of Midian.”

Judges 8:24

Gideon continued, “I have a request to make of you, that each man would give me an earring from his spoils.” (Their enemy had golden earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)