Genesis 37:25

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

They sat

Ishmeelites

Psalm 83:6

General references

Judges 8:6

Bible References

They sat

The couriers went out hurriedly by order of the king, and the decree was issued at the citadel in Susa. And while the king and Haman sat down to drink, the city of Susa was perplexed [by the unusual and alarming decree].

Have all the workers of wickedness and injustice no knowledge,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And do not call upon the Lord?

This is the way of an adulterous woman:
She eats and wipes her mouth
And says, “I have done no wrong.”

Who drink wine from sacrificial bowls
And anoint themselves with the finest oils [reflecting their unrestrained celebration];
Yet they are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph (Israel).

Ishmeelites

Then as the Midianite [and Ishmaelite] traders were passing by, the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and they sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. And so they took Joseph [as a captive] into Egypt.

The Angel of the Lord continued,

“Behold, you are with child,
And you will bear a son;
And you shall name him Ishmael (God hears),
Because the Lord has heard and paid attention to your persecution (suffering).

Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah.

So he took his relatives with him and pursued him for seven days, and they overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.

The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Of Moab and the Hagrites,

General references

But the leaders of Succoth said, “Are Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hands, that we should give bread to your army?”