GEN 37:25 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ἐκάθισαν δὲ φαγεῖν ἄρτον· καὶ ἀναβλέψαντες τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς εἶδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ ὁδοιπόροι Ἰσμαηλῖται ἤρχοντο ἐκ Γαλαάδ· καὶ αἱ κάμηλοι αὐτῶν ἔγεμον θυμιαμάτων καὶ ῥητίνης καὶ στακτῆς. ἐπορεύοντο δὲ καταγαγεῖν εἰς Αἴγυπτον.
(Ekathisan de fagein arton; kai anablepsantes tois ofthalmois eidon, kai idou hodoiporoi Ismaaʸlitai aʸrⱪonto ek Galaʼad; kai hai kamaʸloi autōn egemon thumiamatōn kai ɽaʸtinaʸs kai staktaʸs. eporeuonto de katagagein eis Aigupton. )

BrTr And they sat down to eat bread; and having lifted up their eyes they beheld, and lo, Ismaelitish travellers came from Galaad, and their camels were heavily loaded with spices, and resin, and [fn]myrrh; and they went to bring them to Egypt.

ULT Then they sat down to eat bread, and they lifted their eyes and looked, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead. And their camels were carrying spices and balm and myrrh that they were going to take down to Egypt.

UST Then some of Joseph’s brothers sat down to eat a meal. While they were eating, they looked around and noticed that a large group of Ishmaelite traders was traveling toward them from the region of Gilead. Their camels were loaded with expensive spices, healing salve, and incense that they were taking down to the country of Egypt to sell there.

BSB § 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.

OEB Then they sat down to eat bread, and when they looked up they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, and their camels were loaded with spices, balm and myrrh on their way to carry it down to Egypt.

WEBBE They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET When they sat down to eat their food, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh down to Egypt.

LSV And they sit down to eat bread, and they lift up their eyes, and look, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, and their camels carrying spices, and balm, and myrrh, going to take [them] down to Egypt.

FBV They were just sitting down to have a meal when they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying aromatic spices, balm, and myrrh to take to Egypt.

T4T After they sat down to eat some food, they looked up and saw a ◄caravan/group of traders►, descendants of Ishmael, coming from the Gilead area. Their camels were loaded with bags of spices and nice-smelling resins. They were going down to Egypt to sell those things there.

LEB Then they sat down to eat some food. And they lifted up their eyes and looked, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead. And their camels were carrying aromatic gum and balm and spices on the way[fn] to Egypt.

37:25 Literally “going to bring down”

BBE Then seating themselves, they took their meal: and looking up, they saw a travelling band of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead on their way to Egypt, with spices and perfumes on their camels.

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JPS And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and ladanum, going to carry it down to Egypt.

ASV And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

DRA And sitting down to eat bread, they saw some Ismaelites on their way coming from Galaad, with their camels, carrying spices, and balm, and myrrh to Egypt.

YLT And they sit down to eat bread, and they lift up their eyes, and look, and lo, a company of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, and their camels bearing spices, and balm, and myrrh, going to take [them] down to Egypt.

Drby And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead; and their camels bore tragacanth, and balsam, and ladanum — going to carry [it] down to Egypt.

RV And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a travelling company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

Wbstr And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery, and balm, and myrrh, going to carry them down to Egypt.

KJB-1769 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

KJB-1611 And they sate downe to eat bread: and they lift vp their eyes and looked, and behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead, with their camels, bearing spicery, & baulme, and myrrhe, going to cary it downe to Egypt.
(And they sat down to eat bread: and they lift up their eyes and looked, and behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead, with their camels, bearing spicery, and baulme, and myrrhe, going to carry it down to Egypt.)

Bshps And they sate them downe to eate bread: and as they lyft vp their eyes and loked about, and behold there came a company of Ismaelites from Gilead, and their camelles laden with spicerie, bawlme, and mirrhe, and were goyng downe ta cary it to Egypt.
(And they sat them down to eat bread: and as they lyft up their eyes and looked about, and behold there came a company of Ismaelites from Gilead, and their camelles laden with spicerie, bawlme, and mirrhe, and were going down ta carry it to Egypt.)

Gnva Then they sate them downe to eate bread: and they lift vp their eyes and looked, and behold, there came a companie of Ishmeelites from Gilead, and their camels laden with spicerie, and balme, and myrrhe, and were going to cary it downe into Egypt.
(Then they sat them down to eat bread: and they lift up their eyes and looked, and behold, there came a company of Ishmeelites from Gilead, and their camels laden with spicerie, and balme, and myrrhe, and were going to carry it down into Egypt. )

Cvdl & they sat them downe to eate. In the meane season they lift vp their eyes, and sawe a copany of Ismaelites comynge from Gilead, with their camels, which bare spyces, balme, and myrre, and were goinge downe into Egipte.
(& they sat them down to eat. In the mean season they lift up their eyes, and saw a copany of Ismaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels, which bare spyces, balme, and myrre, and were going down into Egypt.)

Wycl And thei saten `to ete breed; and thei sien that Ismaelitis weigoers camen fro Galaad, and that her camels baren swete smellynge spiceries, and `rosyn, and stacten, into Egipt.
(And they saten `to eat breed; and they sien that Ismaelitis weigoers came from Galaad, and that her camels baren sweet smellynge spiceries, and `rosyn, and stacten, into Egypt.)

Luth Und setzten sich nieder zu essen. Indes huben sie ihre Augen auf und sahen einen Haufen Ismaeliter kommen von Gilead mit ihren Kamelen; die trugen Würze, Balsam und Myrrhen, und zogen hinab nach Ägypten.
(And put/set/sat itself/yourself/themselves nieder to eat. Indes huben they/she/them their/her Augen on and saw a Haufen Ismaeliter coming from Gilead with your Kamelen; the trugen Würze, Balsam and Myrrhen, and pulled down after Egypt.)

ClVg Et sedentes ut comederent panem, viderunt Ismaëlitas viatores venire de Galaad, et camelos eorum portantes aromata, et resinam, et stacten in Ægyptum.[fn]
(And sedentes as comederent panem, viderunt Ismaëlitas viatores venire about Galaad, and camelos their portantes aromata, and resinam, and stacten in Ægyptum. )

37.25 Viderunt viatores Ismælitas. AUG. Quæritur quare Ismælitas Scriptura, etc., usque ad qui dicunt Agar et Ceturam unam fuisse?

37.25 Viderunt viatores Ismælitas. AUG. Quæritur quare Ismælitas Scriptura, etc., until to who dicunt Agar and Ceturam unam fuisse?

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠יֵּשְׁבוּ֮ לֶֽ⁠אֱכָל לֶחֶם֒

and=they_lived to,eat food/grain/bread

It is clear from verse 29 that Reuben was not there when his brothers made the plan to sell Joseph to the traders.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וַ⁠יִּשְׂא֤וּ עֵֽינֵי⁠הֶם֙ וַ⁠יִּרְא֔וּ

and,lifted_up eyes,their and=they_saw

See how you translated the idiom “lifted … eyes” in Gen 22:13. Alternate translation: “and while they were eating, they looked around”

וְ⁠הִנֵּה֙

and=see/lo/see!

Alternate translation: “and saw that” or “and they saw that”

אֹרְחַ֣ת

caravan

A caravan is a large group of people who are traveling together. Alternate translation: “a large company of”

יִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֔ים

Ishmaelites

See how you translated the names of other people groups in Gen 15:19-21. Alternate translation: “Ishmaelite merchants” or “traders from the Ishmael people group” or “traders who were descendants of Ishmael”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

בָּאָ֖ה מִ⁠גִּלְעָ֑ד

coming from,Gilead

For some languages it may be clearer to change the order of some of the implied information in this sentence and say, “… and saw/noticed that headed their way/direction was a large group of Ishmaelite traders/merchants that was coming/traveling from the region of Gilead.” Do what is best in your language. Also, be consistent here with how you spelled Gilead in Gen 31:21, 23, 25. Alternate translation: “was coming toward them from the region of Gilead.” or “was traveling from the region of Gilead and was headed their way.”

וּ⁠גְמַלֵּי⁠הֶ֣ם נֹֽשְׂאִ֗ים

and,camels,their carrying

Consider again how you translated “camel” in the book of Genesis. See Gen 12:16 (and note); 24:10-11, 14, 19-20, 22, 25, 30-32, 35, 44, 46, 61, 63-64; 30:43; 31:17, 18, 34; 32:7, 15; 37:25.

Note 4 topic: translate-unknowns

נְכֹאת֙ וּ⁠צְרִ֣י וָ⁠לֹ֔ט

aromatic_gum and,balm and,myrrh

Gilead was a mountainous region east of the Jordan River that was famous as a source of balm (or balsam), which was a rare tree resin that was used for perfume and for medicine. Myrrh was another type of tree resin that was used as incense and as medicine. You could put some of that information in a footnote. Alternate translation: “expensive spices, healing resin and incense”

הוֹלְכִ֖ים לְ⁠הוֹרִ֥יד מִצְרָֽיְמָ⁠ה

on_~_way to,carry_~_down towards=Miʦrayim/(Egypt)

Alternate translation: “that they were transporting down to the country of Egypt to sell there.” or “that they were taking to sell in the country of Egypt.”

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