Genesis 37:25-36

25They sat down to eat a meal, and when they looked up, there was a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying aromatic gum, balsam, and resin, going down to Egypt.

26Judah said to his brothers, “What do we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

27Come on, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh,” and his brothers agreed.

28When Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took Joseph to Egypt.

29When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.

30He went back to his brothers and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”

31So they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a male goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.

32They sent the long-sleeved robe to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it. Is it your son’s robe or not?”

33His father recognized it. “It is my son’s robe,” he said. “A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has been torn to pieces!”

34Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

35All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” And his father wept for him.

36Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and the captain of the guards.