Gen 37:20-28 | NASB2020 | STEP | Now then, come and let’s kill him, and throw him into one of the pits ; and we will say , ‘A vicious animal devoured him.’ Then we will see what will become of his dreams !”

Genesis 37:20-28

20 Now then, come and let’s kill him, and throw him into one of the pits; and ^awe will say, ‘A vicious animal devoured him.’ Then we will see what will become of his dreams!” 21 But ^bReuben heard this and rescued him out of their hands ^{▼▼Lit and said}by saying, “Let’s not ^{▼▼Lit strike his soul}take his life.” 22 Then Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him” --so that later he might rescue him out of their hands, to return him to his father. 23 So it came about, when Joseph ^{▼▼Lit came to}reached his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the ^{▼▼Or full-length tunic}multicolored 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. But as they raised their eyes and looked, behold, a caravan of ^hIshmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels carrying ⁱlabdanum resin, ^jbalsam, and ^{▼▼Or resinous bark}myrrh, ^{▼▼Lit going}on their way to bring them down to Egypt. 26 And Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it for us to kill our brother and ^mcover up his blood? 27 ⁿCome, and let’s 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 ^oMidianite traders passed by, so they pulled him out and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and ^psold ^{▼▼Lit Joseph}him to the Ishmaelites for ^{▼▼About 10 oz. or 280 gm}twenty shekels of silver. So ^sthey brought Joseph into Egypt.