25. They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
26. Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
27. Come, and let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh.” His brothers listened to him.
28. Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The merchants brought Joseph into Egypt.
29. Reuben returned to the pit, and saw that Joseph wasn’t in the pit; and he tore his clothes.
30. He returned to his brothers, and said, “The child is no more; and I, where will I go?”
31. They took Joseph’s tunic, and killed a male goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood.
32. They took the tunic of many colours, and they brought it to their father, and said, “We have found this. Examine it, now, and see if it is your son’s tunic or not.”
33. He recognised it, and said, “It is my son’s tunic. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.”
34. Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
35. All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” His father wept for him.
36. The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard.