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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
General references
Bible References
They sat
Esther 3:15
The messengers scurried forth with the king's order. The edict was issued in Susa the citadel. While the king and Haman sat down to drink, the city of Susa was in an uproar!
Psalm 14:4
All those who behave wickedly do not understand -- those who devour my people as if they were eating bread, and do not call out to the Lord.
Proverbs 30:20
This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, "I have not done wrong."
Amos 6:6
They drink wine from sacrificial bowls, and pour the very best oils on themselves. Yet they are not concerned over the ruin of Joseph.
Ishmeelites
Genesis 37:28
So when the Midianite merchants passed by, Joseph's brothers pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites then took Joseph to Egypt.
Genesis 16:11
Then the Lord's angel said to her, "You are now pregnant and are about to give birth to a son. You are to name him Ishmael, for the Lord has heard your painful groans.
Genesis 25:1
Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah.
Genesis 31:23
So he took his relatives with him and pursued Jacob for seven days. He caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.
Psalm 83:6
It includes the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,
General references
Judges 8:6
The officials of Succoth said, "You have not yet overpowered Zebah and Zalmunna. So why should we give bread to your army?"