24. took him, and threw him into the cistern, an empty cistern with no water in it.
25. When they sat down to eat, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with camels carrying sweet resin, medicinal resin, and fragrant resin on their way down to Egypt.
26. Judah said to his brothers, "What do we gain if we kill our brother and hide his blood?
27. Come on, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites. Let’s not harm him because he’s our brother; he’s family." His brothers agreed.
28. When some Midianite traders passed by, they pulled Joseph up out of the cistern. They sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver, and they brought Joseph to Egypt.
29. When Reuben returned to the cistern and found that Joseph wasn’t in it, he tore his clothes.
30. Then he returned to his brothers and said, "The boy’s gone! And I—where can I go now?"
31. His brothers took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a male goat, and dipped the robe in the blood.
32. They took the long robe, brought it to their father, and said, "We found this. See if it’s your son’s robe or not."