²⁸And Midianitish men, merchants, passed by; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silver-pieces; and they brought Joseph to Egypt. ²⁹And Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his garments, ³⁰and returned to his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, where shall I go?

³¹And they took Joseph’s vest, and slaughtered a buck of the goats, and dipped the vest in the blood; ³²and they sent the vest of many colours and had it carried to their father, and said, This have we found: discern now whether it is thy son’s vest or not. ³³And he discerned it, and said, It is my son’s vest! an evil beast has devoured him: Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces! ³⁴And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days. ³⁵And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted, and said, For I will go down to my son into Sheol mourning. Thus his father wept for him. ³⁶And the Midianites sold him into Egypt, to Potiphar, a chamberlain of Pharaoh, the captain of the life-guard.

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