²⁶ So Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and ^(A)conceal his blood? ²⁷ Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and ^(B)let not our hand be upon him, for he is ^(C)our brother and ^(D)our flesh.” And his brothers listened. ²⁸ Then ^(E)Midianite traders passed by; so the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, ^(F)and sold him to the Ishmaelites for ^(G)twenty shekels of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt.

²⁹ Then Reuben returned to the pit, and indeed Joseph was not in the pit; and he ^(H)tore his clothes. ³⁰ And he returned to his brothers and said, “The lad ^(I)is no more; and I, where shall I go?”