Come, let us [instead] sell him to these Ishmaelites [and Midianites] and not lay our hands on him, because he is our brother and our flesh.” So his brothers listened to him and agreed.

So the priests agreed that they would receive no [more] money from the people, nor [be responsible to] repair the damages of the house.

“I have not listened to the voice of my teachers,
Nor have I inclined my ear to those who instructed me.

So the man listened to them in this matter and tested them for ten days.

Therefore, when we could no longer endure our separation [from you], we thought it best to be left behind, alone at Athens,