²⁸ Then ^(A)Midianite traders passed by; so the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, ^(B)and sold him to the Ishmaelites for ^(C)twenty shekels of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt.

¹⁴ that she called to the men of her house and spoke to them, saying, “See, he has brought in to us a ^(A)Hebrew to ^[a]mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice.

¹⁷ Then she ^(A)spoke to him with words like these, saying, “The Hebrew servant whom you brought to us came in to me to mock me;

¹⁵ For indeed I was ^(A)stolen away from the land of the Hebrews; ^(B)and also I have done nothing here that they should put me into the dungeon.”

¹² Now there was a young ^(A)Hebrew man with us there, a ^(B)servant of the captain of the guard. And we told him, and he ^(C)interpreted our dreams for us; to each man he interpreted according to his own dream.

³² So they set him a place by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves; because the Egyptians could not eat food with the ^(A)Hebrews, for that is ^(B)an abomination to the Egyptians.

¹⁸ Then ^(A)they will heed your voice; and ^(B)you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt; and you shall say to him, ‘The Lord God of the Hebrews has ^(C)met with us; and now, please, let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.’

⁶ Now when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, “What does the sound of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean?” Then they understood that the ark of the Lord had come into the camp.

¹¹ So both of them showed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines. And the Philistines said, “Look, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have ^(A)hidden.”