²⁸Then Midianite traders passed by. And they^j drew Joseph up and brought him up from the pit, and they sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph to Egypt. ²⁹Then Reuben returned to the pit and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit. And he tore his clothes. ³⁰And he returned to his brothers and said, “The boy is gone!^k Now I, what can I do?”^l ³¹Then they took the robe of Joseph and slaughtered a goat, and dipped the robe in the blood. ³²Then they sent the robe with long sleeves^m and they brought it to their father and said, “We found this; please examine it. Is it the robe of your son or not?” ³³And he recognized it and said, “The robe of my son! A wild animal has devoured him! Joseph is surely torn to pieces!” ³⁴And Jacob tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days. ³⁵And all his sons and all his daughters tried to console him, but he refused to be consoled. And he said, “No, I shall go down to my son, to Sheol, mourning.” And his father wept for him. ³⁶And the Midianites sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, a court official of Pharaoh, a commander of the guard.

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Footnotes

jThat is, the brothers
kLiterally “is not”
lLiterally “where am I going?”
mOr “of many colors”