Genesis 37:20-22

New American Standard Bible

²⁰ Now then, come and let’s kill him, and throw him into one of the pits; and ^(A)we will say, ‘A vicious animal devoured him.’ Then we will see what will become of his dreams!” ²¹ But ^(B)Reuben heard this and rescued him out of their hands ^[a]by saying, “Let’s not ^[b]take his life.” ²² Then Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him”—so that later he might rescue him out of their hands, to return him to his father.