26. Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover up his blood? Come on!
27. Let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites. Let’s not lay our hand on him—since he’s our brother, our own flesh.” His brothers listened to him.
28. When some men, Midianite merchants, passed by, they dragged Joseph up and out of the pit and they sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for 20 pieces of silver, and they brought Joseph to Egypt.
29. When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he tore his clothes.
30. Then he returned to his brothers and said, “The boy is gone! And I—where should I go?”
31. So they took Joseph’s tunic, slaughtered a billy goat, and they dipped the tunic into the blood.
32. Then they sent the long-sleeved tunic, and it was brought to their father, and they said, “We found this. Do you recognize whether or not it is your son’s tunic?”