25 Then they sat down to eat. And looking up they saw a ^zcaravan of ^aIshmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing ^bgum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt. 26 Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it ^cif we kill our brother and conceal his blood? 27 Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and ^dlet not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his brothers listened to him. 28 Then ^eMidianite traders passed by. And they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and ^fsold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels¹ of silver. They took Joseph to Egypt.

29 When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he ^gtore his clothes 30 and returned to his brothers and said, “The boy ^his gone, and I, where shall I go?” 31 Then they took ⁱJoseph’s robe and slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood. 32 And they sent the robe of many colors and brought it to their father and said, “This we have found; please identify whether it is your son’s robe or not.” 33 And he identified it and said, “It is my son’s robe. ^jA fierce animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces.” 34 Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days. 35 All his sons and all his daughters ^krose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, ^lI shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father wept for him. 36 Meanwhile ^mthe Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, ⁿthe captain of the guard.