25. 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.
26. So Judah said, “What will we gain if we kill our brother and hide his body?
27. Let's sell him to the Ishmaelites and not harm him. After all, he is our brother.” And the others agreed.
28. 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.
29. When Reuben returned to the well and did not find Joseph there, he tore his clothes in sorrow.
30. Then he went back to his brothers and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”