Well, honey, let me break it down for you. Joseph was sold for 20 pieces of silver because that was the going rate for a slave back in the day. His brothers saw an opportunity to make a quick buck and didn't give a second thought to betraying him. It was a shady deal, but hey, that's family for you.
Joseph was sold by his brothers for 20 pieces of silver.
The prophet Zepen.niah in the old testament tells that Jesus would be betrayed for 30 pieces of silver. Some say that 30 pieces of silver was the standard pric.e for a very ordinary slave. So christ was sold as a slave for mankind.
No, she died soon after the birth of his younger brother Benjamin. Benjamin was alive when Joseph was sold.
Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus's disciples, is the one who betrayed him to the high priest for thirty pieces of silver.
Oh honey, no. Joseph, the husband of Mary and earthly father of Jesus, is not the same Joseph who was Jacob's son sold into slavery in the Old Testament. Different Josephs, different stories. Keep those biblical timelines straight, darling.
20 pieces of silver
20 pieces of silver - (Genesis 37:28) Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen ; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
Joseph was sold for 20 pieces of silver, the unit of monetary value at the time for silver was the Shekel (silver, 0.403oz) ounces did not exist at the time. But the modern equivalent is 8.06 oz of silver. That is equal to $216.25 with silver at $26.83 per ounce today.
Joseph was sold by his brothers for 20 pieces of silver.
Genesis 37:28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt
They are not named. Genesis 37:28 "Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty [pieces] of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt."
Judas sold Jesus for 30 pieces of silver coins.
Joseph's brothers sold him. Genesis 37: 25 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. 26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? 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. 28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
If you are asking about Judas and the betrayal , then he sold Jesus to the priests for 30 pieces of silver.
The prophet Zepen.niah in the old testament tells that Jesus would be betrayed for 30 pieces of silver. Some say that 30 pieces of silver was the standard pric.e for a very ordinary slave. So christ was sold as a slave for mankind.
Joseph was sold by his elder brothers, as they did not like him, as he was his fathers pet, and the dreams Joseph had angered them all the more.
These "coins" are really bullion pieces sold for their silver content. The "999" means it is 999/1000 of an ounce of pure silver. At current (07/2008) prices that's worth about $18.