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Reference: Ishmeelite
Smith
Ish'me-elite,
and Ish'me-elites (descendants of Ishmael),
the form in which the descendants of Ishmael are given in a few places in the Authorized Version.
Ish'me-elite,
and Ish'me-elites (descendants of Ishmael),
the form in which the descendants of Ishmael are given in a few places in the Authorized Version.
And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead; and their camels bore tragacanth, and balsam, and ladanum going to carry it down to Egypt.
Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites; but let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened to him. And Midianitish men, merchants, passed by; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silver-pieces; and they brought Joseph to Egypt.
And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, a chamberlain of Pharaoh, the captain of the life-guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites who had brought him down thither.