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Genesis 37:26

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Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?

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Genesis 37:26 in other translations

And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?

Genesis 37:26 · American Standard Version

Genesis 37:26 in context

  1. 24and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.
  2. 25They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
  3. 26Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
  4. 27Come, and let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh.” His brothers listened to him.
  5. 28Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The merchants brought Joseph into Egypt.