²⁸So when the Midianite^x merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern^y and sold^z him for twenty shekels^b of silver^a to the Ishmaelites,^b who took him to Egypt.^c

²⁹When Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.^d ³⁰He went back to his brothers and said, “The boy isn’t there! Where can I turn now?”^e

³¹Then they got Joseph’s robe,^f slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood.^g ³²They took the ornate robe^h back to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe.”

³³He recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! Some ferocious animalⁱ has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces.”^j

³⁴Then Jacob tore his clothes,^k put on sackcloth^l and mourned for his son many days.^m ³⁵All his sons and daughters came to comfort him,ⁿ but he refused to be comforted.^o “No,” he said, “I will continue to mourn until I join my son^p in the grave.^q” So his father wept for him.

³⁶Meanwhile, the Midianites^c^r sold Joseph^s in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard.^t

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Footnotes

bThat is, about 8 ounces or about 230 grams
cSamaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac (see also verse 28); Masoretic Text Medanites

Cross references

xSee Ge 25:2
y Jer 38:13
z Ex 21:16
a Lev 27:5; Mt 26:15
bSee Ge 16:11
cver 36; Ge 39:1; 45:4–5; Ps 105:17; Jer 12:6; Ac 7:9
dver 34; Ge 44:13; Nu 14:6; Jos 7:6; 2 Sa 1:11; 2 Ki 2:12; 5:7; 11:14; 22:11; Job 1:20; 2:12; Isa 36:22; 37:1; Jer 36:24; 41:5; Joel 2:13
ever 22
fSee ver 3
g Rev 19:13
hSee ver 3
iSee ver 20
j Ge 42:13, 38; 44:20, 28
kSee ver 29
l 2 Sa 3:31; 1 Ki 20:31; 21:27; 2 Ki 6:30; 19:1, 2; Job 16:15; Ps 69:11; Isa 3:24; 15:3; 22:12; 32:11; 37:1; Jer 48:37; 49:3; Joel 1:13
m Ge 50:3, 10, 11; Nu 20:29; Dt 34:8
n Job 2:11; 15:11; 16:5; 42:11
o 2 Sa 12:17; Ps 77:2; Jer 31:15
p 2 Sa 12:23
q Ge 42:38; 44:22, 29, 31
rSee Ge 25:2
sSee ver 28
t Ge 39:1; 40:3; 41:10, 12; 1 Sa 22:14