Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brothers were content.
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Ambrose of Milan
AD 397
Here too, so that you may note the symbolic representation of the Lord’s passion, the patriarch Judah says, “Let us sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites and let not our hands be laid upon him.” And earlier he had done well to say, “Do not lay hands upon him,” which is what the Jews said in the Lord’s passion, “It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death.” Thus the word of Jesus could be fulfilled, signifying by what death he was going to die.
