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Joseph (OT) and Judah
How Joseph (OT) and Judah are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Joseph (OT) and Judah were siblings.
Judah proposed selling his brother Joseph to the Ishmeelites. Years later, not knowing the ruler before him was Joseph, Judah offered to stay as a bondman in Benjamin's place.
What profit is it if we slay our brother
Genesis 37:26, King James Version
Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites
Genesis 37:27, King James Version
let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord
Genesis 44:33, King James Version
Where they cross: Genesis 44:14-18
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Genesis 37:26
26And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
Genesis 37:27
27Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
Genesis 44:14-18
14And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
15And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
16And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord’s servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.
17And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.
18Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.
Genesis 44:33
33Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
King James Version