Genesis 37:21-36.
Genesis 37.21-36
"Reuben heard this and tried to protect Joseph from them. "Let's not
kill him," he said. "Don't murder him or even harm him. Just throw
him into a dry well out here in the desert." Reuben planned to rescue
Joseph later and take him back to his father. When Joseph came to his
brothers, they pulled off his fancy coat and threw him into a dry
well.As Joseph's brothers sat down to eat, they looked up and saw a
caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded
with all kinds of spices that they were taking to Egypt. So Judah
said, "What will we gain if we kill our brother and hide his body?
Let's sell him to the Ishmaelites and not harm him. After all, he is
our brother." And the others agreed. When the Midianite merchants came
by, Joseph's brothers took him out of the well, and for twenty pieces
of silver they sold him to the Ishmaelites who took him to Egypt. When
Reuben returned to the well and did not find Joseph there, he tore his
clothes in sorrow. Then he went back to his brothers and said, "The
boy is gone! What am I going to do?" Joseph's brothers killed a goat
and dipped Joseph's fancy coat in its blood. After this, they took
the coat to their father and said, "We found this! Look at it
carefully and see if it belongs to your son." Jacob knew it was
Joseph's coat and said, "It's my son's coat! Joseph has been torn to
pieces and eaten by some wild animal." Jacob mourned for Joseph a long
time, and to show his sorrow he tore his clothes and wore sackcloth.
All of Jacob's children came to comfort him, but he refused to be
comforted. "No," he said, "I will go to my grave, mourning for my
son." So Jacob kept on grieving. Meanwhile, the Midianites had sold
Joseph in Egypt to a man named Potiphar, who was the king's official
in charge of the palace guard."
God bless you.
"Reuben heard this and tried to protect Joseph from them. "Let's not
kill him," he said. "Don't murder him or even harm him. Just throw
him into a dry well out here in the desert." Reuben planned to rescue
Joseph later and take him back to his father. When Joseph came to his
brothers, they pulled off his fancy coat and threw him into a dry
well.As Joseph's brothers sat down to eat, they looked up and saw a
caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded
with all kinds of spices that they were taking to Egypt. So Judah
said, "What will we gain if we kill our brother and hide his body?
Let's sell him to the Ishmaelites and not harm him. After all, he is
our brother." And the others agreed. When the Midianite merchants came
by, Joseph's brothers took him out of the well, and for twenty pieces
of silver they sold him to the Ishmaelites who took him to Egypt. When
Reuben returned to the well and did not find Joseph there, he tore his
clothes in sorrow. Then he went back to his brothers and said, "The
boy is gone! What am I going to do?" Joseph's brothers killed a goat
and dipped Joseph's fancy coat in its blood. After this, they took
the coat to their father and said, "We found this! Look at it
carefully and see if it belongs to your son." Jacob knew it was
Joseph's coat and said, "It's my son's coat! Joseph has been torn to
pieces and eaten by some wild animal." Jacob mourned for Joseph a long
time, and to show his sorrow he tore his clothes and wore sackcloth.
All of Jacob's children came to comfort him, but he refused to be
comforted. "No," he said, "I will go to my grave, mourning for my
son." So Jacob kept on grieving. Meanwhile, the Midianites had sold
Joseph in Egypt to a man named Potiphar, who was the king's official
in charge of the palace guard."
God bless you.
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