Genesis 37:22
Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him”—that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.
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Genesis 37:22
Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him”—that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.
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Genesis 37:20
Come now therefore, and let’s kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, ‘An evil animal has devoured him.’ We will see what will become of his dreams.”
Genesis 37:23
When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him;
Genesis 37:24
and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.
Genesis 37:26
Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
Genesis 37:27
Come, and let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh.” His brothers listened to him.
Genesis 37:28
Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The merchants brought Joseph into Egypt.
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Genesis 37:29
Reuben returned to the pit, and saw that Joseph wasn’t in the pit; and he tore his clothes.
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Genesis 37:30
He returned to his brothers, and said, “The child is no more; and I, where will I go?”
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