Gen 37:25 | NET2full | STEP | When they sat down to eat their food , they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead . Their camels were carrying spices , balm , and myrrh down to Egypt .

‏ Genesis 37:25

25 When they sat down to eat their food, they looked up ^{▼▼tn Heb “lifted up their eyes.”} and saw ^{▼▼tn Heb “and they saw and look.” By the use of וְהִנֵּה (vehinneh, “and look”), the narrator invites the reader to see the event through the eyes of the brothers.} a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh down to Egypt. ^{▼▼tn Heb “and their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh, going to go down to Egypt.”}