merchantmen Then there passed by Midianites {merchantmen}; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty [pieces] of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt. merchantmen <1KI10 -15> Beside [that he had] of the {merchantmen}, and of the traffic of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country. ~~~~~~