OET interlinear GEN 37:28

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠יַּֽעַבְרוּ֩ אֲנָשִׁ֨ים מִדְיָנִ֜ים סֹֽחֲרִ֗ים

(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_passed_by men Midyānite traders and,they_drew and,they_brought_up DOM Yōşēf/(Joseph) from/more_than the,pit and,they_sold DOM Yōşēf/(Joseph) to,Ishmaelites for,twenty silver and,they_brought DOM Yōşēf/(Joseph) towards=Miʦrayim/(Egypt) )

The Ishmaelites ([verses 25](../37/25.md), [27–28](../37/27.md); [39:1](../39/01.md)) and Midianites ([verses 28](../37/28.md) and [36](../37/36.md)) were the descendants of Abraham’s sons Ishmael and Midian ([16:15](../16/15.md); [25:1–2](../25/01.md)). However, sometimes (as here) the names of those people groups are used interchangeably (also see [Judges 8:22](../../jdg/08/22.md), [24](../../jdg/08/24.md), [26](../../jdg/08/26.md)). Perhaps that was because the two people groups had intermarried. Or there may have been merchants from the two people groups in this caravan who bought and sold Joseph together. You could put some of that information in a footnote. Alternate translation: [So as the Midianite (that is, Ishmaelite) merchants came by them] or [So when the Ishmaelite traders, who were also called Midianites, were going by them]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַֽ⁠יִּמְשְׁכוּ֙ וַ⁠יַּֽעֲל֤וּ אֶת־יוֹסֵף֙ מִן־הַ⁠בּ֔וֹר

(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_passed_by men Midyānite traders and,they_drew and,they_brought_up DOM Yōşēf/(Joseph) from/more_than the,pit and,they_sold DOM Yōşēf/(Joseph) to,Ishmaelites for,twenty silver and,they_brought DOM Yōşēf/(Joseph) towards=Miʦrayim/(Egypt) )

Not all of Joseph’s brothers were there, because we know from the next verse that at least Reuben was somewhere else when they sold Joseph.

Note 3 topic: translate-bmoney

וַ⁠יִּמְכְּר֧וּ אֶת־יוֹסֵ֛ף לַ⁠יִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֖ים בְּ⁠עֶשְׂרִ֣ים כָּ֑סֶף

(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_passed_by men Midyānite traders and,they_drew and,they_brought_up DOM Yōşēf/(Joseph) from/more_than the,pit and,they_sold DOM Yōşēf/(Joseph) to,Ishmaelites for,twenty silver and,they_brought DOM Yōşēf/(Joseph) towards=Miʦrayim/(Egypt) )

See the note about shekels at Genesis [20:16](../20/16.md). The twenty shekels of silver was equal to about one-fourth of a kilo (half a pound) and was the average price for a slave. You could put some of that information in a footnote. Alternate translation: [and sold him to the Ishmaelite traders for twenty pieces of silver]