Genesis 37:27 - New Revised Standard Version

²⁷ Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not lay our hands on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his brothers agreed.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites [and Midianites, these mixed Arabians who are approaching], and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brothers consented.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened unto him.

Common English Bible

²⁷ Come on, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites. Let’s not harm him because he’s our brother; he’s family.” His brothers agreed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ It is better that he be sold to the Ishmaelites, and then our hands will not be defiled. For he is our brother and our flesh." His brothers agreed to his words.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ 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.

Genesis 37:27 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 29:14

and Laban said to him, “Surely you are my bone and my flesh!” And he stayed with him a month.

Genesis 37:22

Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood; throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him”—that he might rescue him out of their hand and restore him to his father.

Genesis 42:21

They said to one another, “Alas, we are paying the penalty for what we did to our brother; we saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this anguish has come upon us.”

Genesis 50:20

Even though you intended to do harm to me, God intended it for good, in order to preserve a numerous people, as he is doing today.

2 Samuel 12:9

Why have you despised the word of the Lord, to do what is evil in his sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.

Nehemiah 5:5

Now our flesh is the same as that of our kindred; our children are the same as their children; and yet we are forcing our sons and daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have been ravished; we are powerless, and our fields and vineyards now belong to others.”

Nehemiah 5:8

and said to them, “As far as we were able, we have bought back our Jewish kindred who had been sold to other nations; but now you are selling your own kin, who must then be bought back by us!” They were silent, and could not find a word to say.

Exodus 21:16

Whoever kidnaps a person, whether that person has been sold or is still held in possession, shall be put to death.

Exodus 21:21

But if the slave survives a day or two, there is no punishment; for the slave is the owner's property.

Matthew 16:26

For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?

Matthew 26:15

and said, “What will you give me if I betray him to you?” They paid him thirty pieces of silver.

1 Timothy 1:10

fornicators, sodomites, slave traders, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to the sound teaching

Revelation 18:13

cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, olive oil, choice flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, slaves—and human lives.

1 Samuel 18:17

Then Saul said to David, “Here is my elder daughter Merab; I will give her to you as a wife; only be valiant for me and fight the Lord's battles.” For Saul thought, “I will not raise a hand against him; let the Philistines deal with him.”