Genesis 37:26-27 - Exposition

And Judah (apparently shrinking from the idea of murder) said unto his brethren, What profit is it if (literally, what of advantage that ) we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? (i.e. and hide the fact of his murder). Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him (literally, and our hand, let it not be upon him , i.e. to slay him); for he is our brother and our flesh —or, more expressly, our brother and our flesh he (cf. Genesis 29:14 ). And his brethren were content— literally, hearkened , viz; to the proposal.