Genesis 25:13
13 aThese are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their birth: bNebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; and cKedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,Genesis 37:25
25Then they sat down to eat. And looking up they saw a dcaravan of eIshmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing fgum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt.Genesis 37:28
28Then gMidianite traders passed by. And they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and hsold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels ▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
of silver. They took Joseph to Egypt. Judges 5:23
23 “Curse Meroz, says the angel of the Lord,curse its inhabitants thoroughly,
jbecause they did not come to the help of the Lord,
to the help of the Lord against the mighty.
1 Samuel 25:10-11
10And Nabal answered David’s servants, k“Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? lThere are many servants these days who are breaking away from their masters. 11Shall I take mmy bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my shearers and give it to nmen who come from I do not know where?”1 Kings 20:11
11And the king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘Let not him who straps on his armor boast himself as he who takes it off.’”2 Kings 14:9
9And Jehoash king of Israel sent word to Amaziah king of Judah, o“A thistle on Lebanon sent to a cedar on Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son for a wife,’ and a wild beast of Lebanon passed by and trampled down the thistle.
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