Verse 25
sat down. Showing their indifference. Compare Genesis 42:21 and Matthew 27:36 .
company = caravan. There was a wellorganized trade in sixteenth dynasty.
Ishmeelites. Son 39:1 . In Genesis 37:28 and Genesis 37:36 called Midianites. Ishmael was the son of Abraham by Hagar (Genesis 16:11 , Genesis 16:12 ); Midian the son of Abraham by Keturah (Genesis 25:2 ). See Judges 8:24 , Judges 8:25 , where they were mixed together, and were distinguished only by their noserings. (Compare Genesis 24:47 ; Genesis 35:4 .Exodus 32:2 , &c.)
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