The pit nearest them, according to this verse, was empty (“without any water in it”), suggesting that water is what would normally be found in such a pit. So Joseph is stripped and thrown into a pit. His place in the pit stands in ironic contrast to the image of elevation in his dreams. Then his brothers callously sit down to a meal. 25 Then they sat down to eat a meal. We learn later in the story that Joseph was crying out from the pit for his life to be spared, and his brothers were indifferent