Genesis 37:18-24

¹⁸When they saw him from a distance, and before he came closer to them, they plotted against him to put him to death. ¹⁹They said to one another, “Here comes this dreamer! ²⁰Now then, come and let’s kill him, and throw him into one of the pits; and we will say, ‘A vicious animal devoured him.’ Then we will see what will become of his dreams!” ²¹But Reuben heard this and rescued him out of their hands by saying, “Let’s not take his life.” ²²Then 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. ²³So it came about, when Joseph reached his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the multicolored tunic that was on him; ²⁴and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, without any water in it.