²¹ But when ^(A)Reuben heard it, he rescued him out of their hands, saying, “Let us not take his life.” ²² And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood; throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him”—^(B)that he might rescue him out of their hand to restore him to his father.

²⁹ When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he ^(A)tore his clothes