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Text: Genesis 37: 25-28

MEDITATION

Genesis 37:25-28

25 And they sat down to eat a meal. Then they lifted their eyes and looked, and there was a company of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead with their camels, bearing spices, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry them down to Egypt.
26 So Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
27 Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother and our flesh.” And his brothers listened.
28 Then Midianite traders passed by; so the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt.

MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE

1. The brothers of Joseph

a. They had their usual meal.

b. They could go about their normal activities, despite having imprisoned Joseph!

2. An Ishmaelite caravan

a. The tribe of Ishmael was related by blood.

i. Ishmael was the first-born of Abraham.

ii. His mother was Hagar the Egyptian maid of Sarah.

b. Traders on their way to Egypt:

i. They had come from Gilead on their way to Egypt.

ii. They were trading in spices, balm and myrrh.

3. Judah’s suggestion

a. He too did not want to have Joseph killed by the brothers.

b. He suggested selling Joseph instead.

4. Midianite traders
They were part of the Ishmaelite group going to trade in Egypt.

a. Midian was an offspring of Abraham and Keturah (Genesis 25:1-2).

b. They bought Joseph for twenty shekels of silver to be sold as slave in Egypt.

经文：创世记 37：25-28

沉思

《创世记 37：25-28》
25他们坐下吃饭，举目观看，见有一伙米甸的以实玛利人从基列来，用骆驼驮着香料、乳香、没药，要带下埃及去。
26犹大对众弟兄说：“我们杀我们的兄弟，藏了他的血有什么益处呢？
27我们不如将他卖给以实玛利人，不可下手害他，因为他是我们的兄弟、我们的骨肉。”众弟兄就听从了他。

28有些米甸的商人从那里经过，哥哥们就把约瑟从坑里拉上来，讲定二十舍客勒银子，把约瑟卖给以实玛利人。他们就把约瑟带到埃及去了。

在生活里有意义地应用

1. 约瑟的哥哥们

a. 他们照平常一样吃饭

b. 他们监禁了约瑟，竟然能够照常的生活！

2. 一伙以实玛利人

a. 他们与以实玛利支派是有血缘关系的

i. 以实玛利是亚伯拉罕的长子

ii. 他的母亲是埃及人夏甲, 撒莱的使女

b. 前往埃及的商人

i. 他们从基列来，前往埃及

ii. 他们从事香料、乳香和没药的贸易

3. 犹大的建议

a. 他也不想让弟兄们杀害约瑟

b. 他建议把约瑟卖了

4. 米甸的商人

他们是前往埃及做贸易的以实玛利人的一份子

a. 米甸是亚伯拉罕和基土拉的儿子 《创世记 25:1-2》

b. 他们以二十舍客勒银子买了约瑟，准备在埃及卖他做奴仆