Genesis 37:18-36 - Joseph Sold Into Slavery
18 And they will see him from far off and before he will draw near to them, and they will act deceitfully with him, to kill him. 19 And a man will say to his brother, Behold, this lord of dreams coming. 20 And now, come, and we will kill him, and throw him into one of the pits; and we will say, An evil beast devoured him: and we shall see what will be his dreams.
21 And Reuben will hear, and will take him away out of their hands; and he will say, We will not strike the soul 22 And Reuben will say to them, Ye shall not pour out blood; cast him into this pit which is in the desert, and ye shall not stretch forth the hand upon him; in order to take him away out of their hands to bring him back to his father.
23 And it shall be as Joseph came to his brethren, and they will strip off his tunic, the tunic reaching to the soles of the feet which was upon him. 24 And they will take him and will throw him into the pit; and the pit empty; water not in it
25 And they will sit down to eat bread, and they will lift up their eyes, and will see, and behold travellers, Ishmaelites come from Gilead, and their camels bearing perfumes and balsam and myrrh, going to carry down to Egypt
26 And Judah will say to his brethren, What the profit that we shall kill our brother, and conceal his blood? 27 Come, and we will sell him to the Ishmaelites, and our hand shall not be upon him; for he our brother, our flesh: and his brethren will hear. 28 And men will pass by, Midianites, merchants; and they will draw and bring up Joseph from the pit, and they will sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty of silver: and they will bring Joseph to Egypt
29 And Reuben turned back to the pit; and behold, Joseph not in the pit: and he rent his garments. 30 And he will turn back to his brethren, and he will say, The child is not: and I, where shall I go? 31 And they will take Joseph's tunic, and will slaughter a he-goat of the goats, and will dip the tunic in the blood. 32 And they will send the tunic, reaching down to the soles of the feet., and will bring to their father, and they will say, We found this: recognise now, is this thy son's tunic or not?
33 And he will recognise it, and will say, My son's tunic an evil beast devoured him: tearing in pieces, he tare Joseph in pieces. 34 And Jacob will rend his garments, and will put sackcloth upon his loins, and will mourn for his son many days. 35 And all his sons and all his daughters, will rise up to comfort him; and he will refuse to be comforted; and will say, For I will go down to my son mourning to hadas; and his father will weep for him.
36 And the Midianites sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an eunuch of Pharaoh chief of the cooks.