Genesis 37:27
37:27 Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let’s not lay a hand on him,
for after all, he is our brother, our own flesh.” His brothers agreed.
Genesis 37:36
37:36 Now in Egypt the Midianites sold Joseph to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard.
Genesis 39:1
Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife
39:1 Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt. An Egyptian named Potiphar, an official of Pharaoh and the captain of the guard, purchased him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.
Exodus 21:2
Hebrew Servants
21:2 “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years, but in the seventh year he will go out free without paying anything.
Exodus 21:16
21:16 “Whoever kidnaps someone and sells him, or is caught still holding him, must surely be put to death.
Nehemiah 5:5
5:5 And now, though we share the same flesh and blood as our fellow countrymen,
and our children are just like their children,
still we have found it necessary to subject our sons and daughters to slavery.
Some of our daughters have been subjected to slavery, while we are powerless to help,
since our fields and vineyards now belong to other people.”
Nehemiah 5:8
5:8 I said to them, “To the extent possible we have bought back our fellow Jews
who had been sold to the Gentiles. But now you yourselves want to sell your own countrymen,
so that we can then buy them back!” They were utterly silent, and could find nothing to say.
Matthew 18:25
18:25 Because
he was not able to repay it,
the lord ordered him to be sold, along with
his wife, children, and whatever he possessed, and repayment to be made.