“Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The merchants brought Joseph into Egypt.”

Reading this verse in context

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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.