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Who purchased Joseph,
the Ishmaelites or the Midianites?
Genesis 37:28, 37:36 and 39:1
According to Achtemeier, Paul J., Th.D., Harper’s Bible Dictionary, ( San Francisco : Harper and Row, Publishers, Inc.) 1985, the term "Ishamelite" was synomous with the term "Midianites." They were probably references to the same general group known to have decended from Abraham. Ishmael was born to Abrahm through Hagar (Genesis 16), the hand maiden. The Midianites were descendants of Midian, a son of Abraham and his concubine Keturah (Genesis 25:1-2). Additionally, "The term ‘Midianite’ probably identified a confederation of tribes that roamed far beyond this ancestral homeland, a usage that explains the biblical references to Midianites in Sinai, Canaan, the Jordan Valley, Moab, and Transjordan’s eastern desert. (Achtemeier, Paul J., Th.D., Harper’s Bible Dictionary)