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³Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
⁴And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
¹²And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
¹³And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.
¹⁴And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
¹⁵And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
¹⁶And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
¹⁷And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
¹⁸And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
¹⁹And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
²⁰Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
²¹And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
²²And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
²³And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
²⁴And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
²⁵And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
²⁶And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
²⁷Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
²⁸Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.