Ishmaelites
The Ishmaelites are traders from Gilead who buy Joseph from his brothers for twenty shekels of silver, take him to Egypt, and sell him to Potiphar in Genesis 37-39.
- Meaning
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- Occupation
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- First mention
- Genesis 37:25
Scripture references
- Genesis 37:25
Looking up, they saw a group of Ishmaelites who were coming from Gilead, their camels laden with gum tragacanth, balsam and resin, which they were taking to Egypt.
- Genesis 37:28
Now some Midianite merchants were passing, and they pulled Joseph out of the well. They sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver, and these men took Joseph to Egypt.
- Genesis 39:1
Now Joseph had been taken down into Egypt. Potiphar the Egyptian, one of Pharaoh's officials and commander of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him down there.