Genesis 37:27

Joseph Sold Into Slavery

²⁶ Then Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover up his blood? ²⁷ Come, let's sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let's not lay a hand on him, for after all, he is our brother, our own flesh." His brothers agreed. 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.

Flesh and Blood

Let Us

Ishmaelites

Midianites

Genesis 42:21

They said to one other, "Surely we're being punished because of our brother, because we saw how distressed he was when he cried to us for mercy, but we refused to listen. That is why this distress has come on us!"

1 Samuel 18:17

Then Saul said to David, "Here's my oldest daughter, Merab. I want to give her to you in marriage. Only be a brave warrior for me and fight the battles of the Lord." For Saul thought, "There's no need for me to raise my hand against him. Let it be the hand of the Philistines!"

Genesis 29:14

Then Laban said to him, "You are indeed my own flesh and blood." So Jacob stayed with him for a month.

Genesis 37:22

Reuben continued, "Don't shed blood! Throw him into this cistern that is here in the wilderness, but don't lay a hand on him." (Reuben said this so he could rescue Joseph from them and take him back to his father.)

Exodus 21:16

"Whoever kidnaps someone and sells him, or is caught still holding him, must surely be put to death.

Exodus 21:21

However, if the injured servant survives one or two days, the owner will not be punished, for he has suffered the loss.

2 Samuel 11:14-17

In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.

2 Samuel 12:9

Why have you shown contempt for the word of the Lord by doing evil in my sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and you have taken his wife as your own! You have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.

Nehemiah 5:8

I said to them, "To the extent possible we have bought back our fellow Jews who had been sold to the Gentiles. But now you yourselves want to sell your own countrymen, so that we can then buy them back!" They were utterly silent, and could find nothing to say.

Matthew 16:26

For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?

Matthew 26:15

and said, "What will you give me to betray him into your hands?" So they set out thirty silver coins for him.

1 Timothy 1:10

sexually immoral people, practicing homosexuals, kidnappers, liars, perjurers -- in fact, for any who live contrary to sound teaching.

Revelation 18:13

cinnamon, spice, incense, perfumed ointment, frankincense, wine, olive oil and costly flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and four-wheeled carriages, slaves and human lives.