Genesis 37:28–36

²⁸And Midianite merchantmen pass by and they draw out and bring up Joseph out of the pit, and sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silverlings, and they bring Joseph into Egypt. ²⁹And Reuben returneth unto the pit, and lo, Joseph is not in the pit, and he rendeth his garments, ³⁰and he returneth unto his brethren, and saith, ‘The lad is not, and I—whither am I going?’

³¹And they take the coat of Joseph, and slaughter a kid of the goats, and dip the coat in the blood, ³²and send the long coat, and they bring it in unto their father, and say, ‘This have we found; discern, we pray thee, whether it is thy son’s coat or not?’ ³³And he discerneth it, and saith, ‘My son’s coat! an evil beast hath devoured him; torn—torn is Joseph!’ ³⁴And Jacob rendeth his raiment, and putteth sackcloth on his loins, and becometh a mourner for his son many days, ³⁵and all his sons and all his daughters rise to comfort him, and he refuseth to comfort himself, and saith, ‘For—I go down mourning unto my son, to Sheol,’ and his father weepeth for him. ³⁶And the Medanites have sold him unto Egypt, to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioners.

Chapter 38