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18 And they saw him from a distance. And before he came near to them, they plotted against him, to kill him.
19 They said one to another, "Look, this dreamer comes.
20 And now go, and we will kill him and fling him into one of the cisterns and say, `An evil animal devoured him,' and see will we what will become of his dreams.
21 Reuben heard this and tried to protect Joseph from them. »Let us not kill him,« he said.
22 And Reuben said to them, Do not shed blood. Throw him into this pit in the desert, but do not lay a hand on him; so that he might deliver him from their hands, to return him to his father.
23 So when Joseph came to his brothers they stripped him of the variegated robe which he had on
24 and they took him and cast him into the cistern; and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
25 As they sat down to eat, they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying the materials for cosmetics, medicine, and embalming. They were on their way to take them to Egypt.
26 Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
27 "Let us sell him to the Ishmaelites. Let us not hurt him, because he is our brother, our own flesh and blood." His brothers agreed.
28 Some of the Midianite traders approached. The brothers pulled Joseph out of the well and sold him for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites. They took him to Egypt.
29 Reuben returned to the pit; and saw that Joseph wasn't in the pit; and he tore his clothes.