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Reference: Ishmeelite
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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.
Then they sat down to eat [some] food. And they lifted up their eyes and looked, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead. And their camels were carrying aromatic gum and balm and spices {on the way} to Egypt.
Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, but our hand shall not be against him, for he [is] our brother, our own flesh." And his brothers agreed. Then Midianite traders passed by. And they drew Joseph up and brought [him] up from the pit, and they sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty [pieces of] silver. And they brought Joseph to Egypt.
Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, a court official of Pharaoh, commander of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there.