28Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
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And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. …
And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 23-30)We have here the execution of their plot against Joseph. 1. They stripped him, each striving to seize the envied coat of many colours, Gen. 37:23. Thus, in imagination, they degraded him from the birthright, of which perhaps this was the badge, grieving him, affronting their father, and making themselves sport, while they insulted over him. “Now, Joseph, where is the fine coat?” Thus our Lord Jesu…
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