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Genesis 37:25 KJV
Genesis · chapter 37 · verse 25
And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.Genesis 37:25 · King James Version
Genesis 37:25 in context
23And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
24And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
25And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
26And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
27Come, 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- IshmeelitesYishmâʻêʼlîya Jishmaelite or descendant of JishmaelH3459 →
- companyʼôrᵉchâha caravanH736 →
- bearingnâsâʼto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeH5375 →
- lookedrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- GileadGilʻâdGilad, a region East of the JordanH1568 →
- camelsgâmâla camelH1581 →
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We have here the execution of their plot against Joseph. 1. They stripped him, each striving to seize the envied coat of many colours, Gen 37:23.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 23-30