The Life of Jacob and his son Joseph . are him, 90 LIFE OF JACOB, but they would not hear.** Indeed, sounfeeling were they, that while Josephlay in this dreary pit, they sat down toeat, as if nothing strange had here see that those whom God lovesmay sometimes be brought into great dif-ficulties. Several times in Jacobs his-tory we have found this to be the case,and we shall observe the same thingmore than once in the history of the barbarous sons of Jacob werethus abandoning their brother to his fate,they beheld, at a distance, a company ofArabian traders, travelling i
The Life of Jacob and his son Joseph . are him, 90 LIFE OF JACOB, but they would not hear.** Indeed, sounfeeling were they, that while Josephlay in this dreary pit, they sat down toeat, as if nothing strange had here see that those whom God lovesmay sometimes be brought into great dif-ficulties. Several times in Jacobs his-tory we have found this to be the case,and we shall observe the same thingmore than once in the history of the barbarous sons of Jacob werethus abandoning their brother to his fate,they beheld, at a distance, a company ofArabian traders, travelling in a caravan, inthe way already described in this wandering merchants were the/descendants of Abraham; some of thembeing of the posterity of Hagar, andsome of Keturah. In this account, theyare called Ishmaelites, and also Midian-ites. They dwell in the regions east andsouth-east of Palestine; and, at that earlyage, had a trade with Egypt, whitherthey carried, on their camels, the rich* Gen. xlii. 21. AND HIS SON JOSEPH. 91. productions of Arabia, such as myrrh,bahn or balsam, a gum which flows fromtrees, frankincense, and other spices andperfumes. The company which now ap-peared, was on its way from mount Gileadto Egypt. It is possible that Judah had, bythis time, begun to shrink from the bloody] plot of the others, and now when he sawthese traders, it occurred to him that hemight avoid the guilt of murder. Hesaid, therefore, What profit is it if weslay our brother and conceal his blood ?Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmael- 92 LIFE OP JACOB, ites, and let not our hand be upon him;for he is our brother and our flesh.^ Reu-ben was absent at this time, but all therest assented at once to the proposal ofJudah. They immediately offered theirinnocent brother to these strangers as aslave, and sold him for the paltry sum oftwenty pieces of silver. Joseph wasdrawn up out of the dry well or pit andput into the hands of the Midianites, whoproceeded with him to Egypt. No o
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