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?"