22. "Do not take away his life, nor shed blood. But throw him into this cistern, which is in the wilderness, and so keep your hands harmless." But he said this, wanting to rescue him from their hands, so as to return him to his father.
23. And so, as soon as he came to his brothers, they very quickly stripped him of his tunic, which was ankle-length and woven of many colors,
24. and they cast him into an old cistern, which held no water.
25. And sitting down to eat bread, they saw some Ishmaelites, travelers coming from Gilead, with their camels, carrying spices, and resin, and oil of myrrh into Egypt.
26. Therefore, Judah said to his brothers: "What will it profit us, if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
27. It is better that he be sold to the Ishmaelites, and then our hands will not be defiled. For he is our brother and our flesh." His brothers agreed to his words.
28. And when the Midianite merchants were passing by, they drew him from the cistern, and they sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And these led him into Egypt.
29. And Reuben, returning to the cistern, did not find the boy.
30. And rending his garments, he went to his brothers and said, "The boy is not present, and so where shall I go?"
31. Then they took his tunic, and they dipped it in the blood of a young goat, which they had killed,
32. sending those who carried it to their father, and they said: "We found this. See whether it is the tunic of your son or not."