Genesis 37:27
27Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and alet not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his brothers listened to him.Genesis 37:36
36Meanwhile bthe Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, cthe captain of the guard.Genesis 39:1
Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife
1Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and dPotiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, ehad bought him from the fIshmaelites who had brought him down there.Exodus 21:2
2 gWhen you buy a Hebrew slave, ▼▼Or servant; the Hebrew term ‘ebed designates a range of social and economic roles; also verses 5, 6, 7, 20, 21, 26, 27, 32 (see Preface)
he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing. Exodus 21:16
16 i“Whoever steals a man and sells him, and anyone found jin possession of him, shall be put to death.Nehemiah 5:5
5Now kour flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children are as their children. Yet lwe are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but it is not in our power to help it, for other men have our fields and our vineyards.”Nehemiah 5:8
8and said to them, “We, as far as we are able, mhave bought back our Jewish brothers who have been sold to the nations, but you even sell your brothers that they may be sold to us!” They were silent and could not find a word to say.Matthew 18:25
25 nAnd since he could not pay, his master ordered him oto be sold, with his wife and pchildren and all that he had, and payment to be made.
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