Gen 37:20-28 | NASB1995 | STEP | “ Now then, come and let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits ; and we will say , ‘ A wild beast devoured him.’ Then let us see what will become of his dreams !”

Genesis 37:20-28

20 “Now then, come and let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits; and ^awe will say, ‘A wild beast devoured him.’ Then let us see what will become of his dreams!” 21 But ^bReuben heard this and rescued him out of their hands and said, “Let us not ^{▼▼ Lit smite his soul}take his life.” 22 Reuben further said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but do not lay hands on him”— that he might rescue him out of their hands, to restore him to his father. 23 So it came about, when Joseph ^{▼▼ Lit came to}reached his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his ^{▼▼ Or full-length robe}tunic, the varicolored tunic that was on him; 24 and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, without any water in it.

25 Then they sat down to eat ^{▼▼ Lit bread}a meal. And as they raised their eyes and looked, behold, a caravan of ^gIshmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing ^{▼▼ Or ladanum spice
,} ⁱaromatic gum and ^{▼▼ Or mastic
,} ^kbalm and ^{▼▼ Or resinous bark}myrrh, ^{▼▼ Lit going}on their way to bring them down to Egypt. 26 Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it for us to kill our brother and ⁿcover up his blood? 27 ^o“Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his brothers listened to him. 28 Then some ^pMidianite traders passed by, so they pulled him up and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and ^qsold ^{▼▼ Lit Joseph}him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. Thus ^sthey brought Joseph into Egypt.