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24 Then they took him and threw him into the cistern. (Now the cistern was empty;[a] there was no water in it.)

25 When they sat down to eat their food, they looked up[b] and saw[c] a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh down to Egypt.[d] 26 Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 37:24 tn The disjunctive clause gives supplemental information that helps the reader or hearer to picture what happened.
  2. Genesis 37:25 tn Heb “lifted up their eyes.”
  3. Genesis 37:25 tn Heb “and they saw and look.” By the use of וְהִנֵּה (vehinneh, “and look”), the narrator invites the reader to see the event through the eyes of the brothers.
  4. Genesis 37:25 tn Heb “and their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh, going to go down to Egypt.”