¥Sell fellow & family into slavery: mainly punishment or revenge,since the top price for a slave would have been aboutone talent, for most slaves, less than 1/10of this.
¥FellowÕs plea: be patient & IÕll repay
–Unbelievable!
–King HerodÕs annual income 900 talents.
–For a common day-laborer, this would be 60 million daysÕ wages, ~200,000years!