Category:Joseph sold into slavery

Genesis 37:18 - 37:19 - 37:20 - 37:21 - 37:222 - 37:23 - 37:24 - 37:25 - 37:26 - 37:27 - 37:28 - 37:29 - 37:30 - 37:31 - 37:32

37:18. And when they saw him afar off, before he came nigh them, they thought to kill him:

37:19. And said one to another: Behold the dreamer comes.

37:20. Come, let us kill him, and cast him into some old pit: and we will say: Some evil beast hath devoured him: and then it shall appear what his dreams avail him:

37:21. And Reuben hearing this, endeavored to deliver him out of their hands, and said:

37:22. Do not take away his life, nor shed his blood: but cast him into this pit, that is in the wilderness, and keep your hands harmless: now he said this, being desirous to deliver him out of their hands and to restore him to his father.

37:23. And as soon as he came to his brethren, they forthwith stripped him of his outside coat, that was of diverse colors:

37:24. And cast him into an old pit where there was not water.

37:25. And sitting down to eat bread, they saw some Ismaelites on their way coming from Galaad, with their camels, carrying spices, and balm, and myrrh to Egypt.

37:26. And Judah said to his brethren: What will it profit us to kill our brother, and conceal his blood?

'''37:27. It is better that he be sold to the Ishmaelites, and that our hands be not defiled: for he is our brother and our flesh. His brethren agreed to his words.'''

37:28. And when the Madianite merchants passed by, they drew him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites, for twenty pieces of silver: and they led him into Egypt.

37:29. And Reuben returning to the pit, found not the boy:

37:30. And rending his garments he went to his brethren, and said: The boy doth not appear, and whither shall I go?

37:31. And they took his coat, and dipped it in the blood of a kid, which they had killed:

37:32. Sending some to carry it to their father, and to say: This we have found: see whether it be thy son's coat, or not.