Cross references

Genesis 37:27

Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.

Genesis 37:27 BSB

Genesis 37:27 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Genesis 42:21 (4 votes) and Matthew 16:26 (4 votes). 26 other verses point back to it. It links with 17 other books, from Genesis 16 to Revelation 18.

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Which verses does Genesis 37:27 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”

  2. What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

  3. Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”

  4. Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,

  5. “Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.

  6. Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.

  7. However, if the servant gets up after a day or two, the owner shall not be punished, since the servant is his property.

  8. The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah. In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.” …

  9. Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own. You have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.

  10. and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.

  11. and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver.

Which verses point to Genesis 37:27?

The 10 strongest of 26.