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  1. traveling merchants: 
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  3. These traveling merchants were actually Ishmaelites, descendants of Ishmael, Abraham's son by Hagar.  They are also referred to as "Midianites", referring to the area where they generally lived (cf. Gen. 37:25-28).  
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