创37:17And the man said, They have removed from this; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them at Dothan.

创37:18And when they saw him from afar, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to put him to death.

创37:19And they said one to another, Behold, there comes that dreamer!

创37:20And now come and let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil beast has devoured him; and we will see what becomes of his dreams.

创37:21And Reuben heard [it], and delivered him out of their hand, and said, Let us not take his life.

创37:22And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood: cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness; but lay no hand upon him -- in order that he might deliver him out of their hand, to bring him to his father again.

创37:23And it came to pass when Joseph came to his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his vest, the vest of many colours, which he had on;

创37:24and they took him and cast him into the pit; now the pit was empty -- there was no water in it.

创37:25And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead; and their camels bore tragacanth, and balsam, and ladanum -- going to carry [it] down to Egypt.

创37:26And Judah said to his brethren, What profit is it that we kill our brother and secrete his blood?

创37:27Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites; but let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened [to him].

创37:28And Midianitish men, merchants, passed by; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silver-pieces; and they brought Joseph to Egypt.

创37:29And Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph [was] not in the pit; and he rent his garments,

创37:30and returned to his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, where shall I go?

创37:31And they took Joseph's vest, and slaughtered a buck of the goats, and dipped the vest in the blood;

创37:32and they sent the vest of many colours and had it carried to their father, and said, This have we found: discern now whether it is thy son's vest or not.

创37:33And he discerned it, and said, [It is] my son's vest! an evil beast has devoured him: Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces!

创37:34And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

创37:35And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted, and said, For I will go down to my son into Sheol mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

创37:36And the Midianites sold him into Egypt, to Potiphar, a chamberlain of Pharaoh, the captain of the life-guard.