⁴ And his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers; and so they ^(A)hated him and could not speak to him ^[a]on friendly terms.

²³ So it came about, when Joseph ^[a]reached his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the ^[b]multicolored tunic that was on him; ²⁴ and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, without any water in it.