Genesis 37:25-36

25Then they sat down to eat bread. When they looked up, behold, there was a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels carrying gum, balsam, and myrrh—going to bring them down to Egypt.

26Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover up his blood? Come on!

27Let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites. Let’s not lay our hand on him—since he’s our brother, our own flesh.” His brothers listened to him.

28When some men, Midianite merchants, passed by, they dragged Joseph up and out of the pit and they sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for 20 pieces of silver, and they brought Joseph to Egypt.

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

30Then he returned to his brothers and said, “The boy is gone! And I—where should I go?”

31So they took Joseph’s tunic, slaughtered a billy goat, and they dipped the tunic into the blood.

32Then they sent the long-sleeved tunic, and it was brought to their father, and they said, “We found this. Do you recognize whether or not it is your son’s tunic?”

33He did recognize it and said, “My son’s tunic! An evil animal has devoured him! Joseph must be torn to pieces!”

34Jacob tore his clothing and put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days.

35All his sons got up along with all his daughters to console him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” So his father kept weeping for him.

36Meanwhile the Midianites sold him into Egypt, to Potiphar an official of Pharaoh, the commander of the bodyguards.