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11 And the angel of Yahweh said to her further,

“Behold, you [a]are with child,
And you will bear a son;
And you shall call his name [b]Ishmael,
Because (A)Yahweh has heard your affliction.
12 And he will be a (B)wild donkey of a man,
His hand will be against everyone,
And everyone’s hand will be against him;
And he will dwell [c](C)in the face of all his brothers.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 16:11 Or have conceived, cf. 3:16; 21:2; 25:21; Ex 2:2; 1 Sam 1:20; Luke 1:31, 36
  2. Genesis 16:11 Lit God hears
  3. Genesis 16:12 Or to the east of, in defiance of

28 Then some (A)Midianite traders passed by, so they pulled him up and lifted Joseph out of the pit and (B)sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for [a]twenty shekels of silver. Thus (C)they brought Joseph into Egypt.

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  1. Genesis 37:28 Approx. 8 oz. or 220 gm, a shekel was approx. 0.4 oz. or 11 gm

Joseph in Potiphar’s House

39 Now Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an Egyptian official of Pharaoh, the captain of the bodyguard, bought him [a]from the (A)Ishmaelites, who had brought him down there.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 39:1 Lit from the hand of