Genesis 37:20-28

20Now then, come and let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits; and 1we will say, ‘A wild beast devoured him.’ Then let us see what will become of his dreams!” 21But 2Reuben heard this and rescued him out of their hands and said, “Let us not 3take his life.” 22Reuben further said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but do not lay hands on him”--that he might rescue him out of their hands, to restore him to his father. 23So it came about, when Joseph 4reached his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his 5tunic, the varicolored tunic that was on him; 24and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, without any water in it.

25Then they sat down to eat 6a meal. And as they raised their eyes and looked, behold, a caravan of 7Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing 89aromatic gum and 1011balm and 12myrrh, 13on their way to bring them down to Egypt. 26Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it for us to kill our brother and 14cover up his blood? 2715Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his brothers listened to him. 28Then some 16Midianite traders passed by, so they pulled him up and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and 17sold 18him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. Thus 19they brought Joseph into Egypt.