Genesis 37:25-26

²⁵ Then they sat down to eat a meal . And as they raised their eyes and looked , behold , a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead , with their camels bearing aromatic gum and balm and myrrh , on their way to bring them down to Egypt . ²⁶ Judah said to his brothers , "What profit is it for us to kill our brother and cover up his blood ?

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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 37:25-26

Commentary on Genesis 37:23-30

(Read Genesis 37:23-30)

They threw Joseph into a pit, to perish there with hunger and cold; so cruel were their tender mercies. They slighted him when he was in distress, and were not grieved for the affliction of Joseph, see Psalm 76:10. Joseph's brethren were wonderfully restrained from murdering him, and their selling him as wonderfully turned to God's praise.