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Genesis 37:27

It is better that he be sold to the Ismaelites, and that our hands be not defiled: for he is our brother and our flesh. His brethren agreed to his words.

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In the palace

PatristicJoseph Sold by His Brothers and Christ Betrayed

The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine): melius est ut venundetur Ismaëlitis, et manus nostræ non polluantur : frater enim et caro nostra est. Acquieverunt fratres sermonibus illius.
Septuagint (Swete): δεῦτε ἀποδώμεθα αὐτὸν τοῖς Ἰσμαηλίταις τούτοις, αἱ δὲ χεῖρες ἡμῶν μὴ ἔστωσαν ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν, ὅτι ἀδελφὸς ἡμῶν καὶ σάρξ ἡμῶν ἐστίν. ἤκουσαν δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ.
Hebrew (WLC): לְכ֞וּ וְנִמְכְּרֶ֣נּוּ לַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֗ים וְיָדֵ֨נוּ֙ אַל תְּהִי ב֔וֹ כִּֽי אָחִ֥ינוּ בְשָׂרֵ֖נוּ ה֑וּא וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֖וּ אֶחָֽיו