Genesis 37:28

So when the Midianite ¹  merchants passed by, Joseph’s brothers pulled ²  him ³  out of the cistern and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites ⁴  then took Joseph to Egypt.

Ge 25:2; Ge 37:25; Ge 45:4,5; Ex 2:16; Nu 25:15,17; Nu 31:2,3,8,9; Jud 6:1-3; Ps 83:9; Ps 105:17; Isa 60:6; Zec 11:12,13; Mt 26:15; Mt 27:9; Ac 7:9

¹ sn On the close relationship between Ishmaelites (v. 25) and Midianites, see Judg 8:24.

² tn Heb “they drew and they lifted up.” The referent (Joseph’s brothers) has been specified in the translation for clarity; otherwise the reader might assume the Midianites had pulled Joseph from the cistern (but cf. NAB).

³ tn Heb “Joseph” (both here and in the following clause); the proper name has been replaced both times by the pronoun “him” in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Ishmaelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.