Genesis 37:28–36

²⁸When some Midianite traders passed by, they drew Joseph up, lifting him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt.^*

²⁹When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he tore his clothes.^{* 30}He returned to his brothers and said, “The boy is gone, and I, where can I turn?”^{* 31}Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a goat, and dipped the robe in the blood.^{* 32}They had the ornamented robe^v taken to their father, and they said, “This we have found; see now whether it is your son’s robe or not.” ³³He recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A wild animal has devoured him; Joseph has surely been torn to pieces.”^{* 34}Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.^{* 35}All his sons and all his daughters sought to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father bewailed him.^{* 36}Meanwhile the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard.^*