Genesis 37:18-36 - Joseph Sold Into Slavery
18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near them, they conspired against him to kill him. 19 And they said to one another, Behold, this dreamer comes. 20 Therefore come now, and let us kill him, and throw him into some pit, and we will say some evil beast has devoured him. And we shall see what will become of his dreams.
21 And Reuben heard, and he delivered him out of their hands and said, Let us not kill him. 22 And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him (in order to rescue him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again).
23 And it happened when Joseph had come to his brothers, they stripped Joseph out of his tunic, the tunic reaching to the soles of his feet that was on him. 24 And they took him and threw him into a pit. And the pit was empty, with no water in it.
25 And they sat down to eat bread. And they lifted up their eyes, and looked. And behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
26 And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is it if we should kill our brother and hide his blood? 27 Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him. For he is our brother, and our flesh. And his brothers listened. 28 And men, Midianites traders, came by. And they drew up Joseph and took him out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt.
29 And Reuben returned to the pit. And behold! Joseph was not in the pit! And he tore his clothes. 30 And he returned to his brothers and said, The child, he is not. And I, where shall I go? 31 And they took Joseph's tunic, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the tunic in the blood. 32 And they sent the tunic reaching to the soles of the feet, and they brought it to their father. And they said, We have found this. Do you know whether it is your son's coat or not?
33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's tunic. An evil beast has eaten him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces. 34 And Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. 35 And all his sons, and all his daughters, rose up to comfort him. But he refused to be comforted. And he said, For I will go down into the grave to my son mourning. And his father wept for him.
36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, the chief of the executioners.