Cross references

Genesis 37:28

So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.

Genesis 37:28 BSB
  1. a 20 shekels is approximately 8 ounces or 228 grams of silver.

Genesis 37:28 has 19 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Acts 7:9 (7 votes) and Psalm 105:17 (6 votes). 34 other verses point back to it. It links with 14 other books, from Genesis 25 to Acts 7.

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Which verses does Genesis 37:28 point to?

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  1. Acts 7:97 votes

    Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him

  2. He sent a man before them—Joseph, sold as a slave.

  3. and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

  4. Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” And they did so. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt! And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.

  5. And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.

  6. Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.

  7. Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years, and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds. …

  8. 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.

  9. Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.

  10. And the name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.

  11. Psalm 83:93 votes

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