Genesis 37:20–29

²⁰Come now, ^ulet us kill him and throw him into one of the pits.² Then we will say that a fierce animal has devoured him, and we will see what will become of his dreams.” ²¹But when ^vReuben heard it, he rescued him out of their hands, saying, “Let us not take his life.” ²²And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood; throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him”—^wthat he might rescue him out of their hand to restore him to his father. ²³So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, ^xthe robe of many colors that he wore. ²⁴And they took him and ^ythrew him into a pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it.

²⁵Then they sat down to eat. And looking up they saw a ^zcaravan of ^aIshmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing ^bgum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt. ²⁶Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it ^cif we kill our brother and conceal his blood? ²⁷Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and ^dlet not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his brothers listened to him. ²⁸Then ^eMidianite traders passed by. And they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and ^fsold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels³ of silver. They took Joseph to Egypt.

²⁹When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he ^gtore his clothes