²³ So it came to pass, when Joseph had come to his brothers, that they ^(A)stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him. ²⁴ Then they took him and cast him into a pit. And the pit was empty; there was no water in it.

^25 (B)And they sat down to eat a meal. Then they lifted their eyes and looked, and there was a company of ^(C)Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead with their camels, bearing spices, ^(D)balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry them down to Egypt. ²⁶ So Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and ^(E)conceal his blood? ²⁷ Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and ^(F)let not our hand be upon him, for he is ^(G)our brother and ^(H)our flesh.” And his brothers listened. ²⁸ Then ^(I)Midianite traders passed by; so the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, ^(J)and sold him to the Ishmaelites for ^(K)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 ^(L)tore his clothes. ³⁰ And he returned to his brothers and said, “The lad ^(M)is no more; and I, where shall I go?”

²¹ Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah ^(A)to the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread from the bakers’ street, ^(B)until all the bread in the city was gone. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.