Genesis 37:28
Douay-Rheims
And when the Madianite merchants passed by, they drew him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ismaelites, for twenty pieces of silver: and they led him into Egypt.
George Leo Haydock
Of silver. Some have read, thirty pieces of gold or silver. (St. Ambrose, c. 3.) — The price was trifling: twenty sicles would be about £2 5s. 7½d. English. The Madianites and Ismaelites jointly purchased Joseph. (Haydock)
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1849 · Genesis 37:28
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