rsv Genesis:37:18-32
rsv@Genesis:37:18 @ They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him.
rsv@Genesis:37:19 @ They said to one another, "Here comes this dreamer.
rsv@Genesis:37:20 @ Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits; then we shall say that a wild beast has devoured him, and we shall see what will become of his dreams."
rsv@Genesis:37:21 @ But when Reuben heard it, he delivered him out of their hands, saying, "Let us not take his life."
rsv@Genesis:37:22 @ And Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood; cast him into this pit here in the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him"--that he might rescue him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.
rsv@Genesis:37:23 @ So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the long robe with sleeves that he wore;
rsv@Genesis:37:24 @ and they took him and cast him into a pit. The pit was empty, there was no water in it.
rsv@Genesis:37:25 @ Then they sat down to eat; and looking up they saw a caravan of Ish'maelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing gum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt.
rsv@Genesis:37:26 @ Then Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?
rsv@Genesis:37:27 @ Come, let us sell him to the Ish'maelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh." And his brothers heeded him.
rsv@Genesis:37:28 @ Then Mid'ianite traders passed by; and they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ish'maelites for twenty shekels of silver; and they took Joseph to Egypt.
rsv@Genesis:37:29 @ When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he rent his clothes
rsv@Genesis:37:30 @ and returned to his brothers, and said, "The lad is gone; and I, where shall I go?"
rsv@Genesis:37:31 @ Then they took Joseph's robe, and killed a goat, and dipped the robe in the blood;
rsv@Genesis:37:32 @ and they sent the long robe with sleeves and brought it to their father, and said, "This we have found; see now whether it is your son's robe or not."
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