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sell

Meaning of “sell”

1. To transfer for a price. 2. To betray or surrender into another's power.

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First occurrence: Genesis 25:31

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Genesis 37:27
Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
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1611 witness · Genesis 37:27 · retained source text

Come, and let vs sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand bee vpon him: for he is our brother, and our flesh; and his brethren were content.

1611 marginal noteHebr. hearkened.

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