Genesis 37:28–36

^28*and when some Midianite traders came by, the brothers^v pulled Joseph out of the well and sold him for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.

²⁹When Reuben came back to the well and found that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes in sorrow. ³⁰He returned to his brothers and said, “The boy is not there! What am I going to do?”

³¹Then they killed a goat and dipped Joseph’s robe in its blood. ³²They took the robe to their father and said, “We found this. Does it belong to your son?”

³³He recognized it and said, “Yes, it is his! Some wild animal has killed him. My son Joseph has been torn to pieces!” ³⁴Jacob tore his clothes in sorrow and put on sackcloth. He mourned for his son a long time. ³⁵All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “I will go down to the world of the dead still mourning for my son.” So he continued to mourn for his son Joseph.

³⁶Meanwhile, in Egypt, the Midianites had sold Joseph to Potiphar, one of the king’s officers, who was the captain of the palace guard.