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The Price of a Brother
Commentators highlight the price paid for Joseph: twenty pieces of silver. They note this was the standard value for a young male slave according to the later law of Moses (Leviticus 27:5). This specific detail underscores the brothers' cruelty, as they reduced their own flesh and blood to a mere commodity, stripping him of his identity and worth for a small profit.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 37:1–36
18th Century
Theologian
17. דתין dotayı̂n Dothain, “two wells?” (Gesenius)
25. נכאת neko't “tragacanth” or goat’s-tho…
Charles Ellicott
On Genesis 37:28
19th Century
Bishop
Twenty pieces of silver. —Twenty shekels of silver were computed, in Leviticus 27:5, as the average worth of a ma…
John Calvin
On Genesis 37:28
16th Century
Theologian
Then there passed by Midianites. Some think that Joseph was sold twice in the same place. For it is certain, since Midian was the son of A…
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John Gill
On Genesis 37:28
17th Century
Pastor
Then there passed by Midianites, merchantmen
The same with the Ishmaelites before mentioned, as appears from the lat…
Matthew Henry
On Genesis 37:23–30
17th Century
Minister
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, …