22. Do not take away his life, nor shed his blood: but cast him into this pit, that is in the wilderness, and keep your hands harmless: now he said this, being desirous to deliver him out of their hands and to restore him to his father.
23. And as soon as he came to his brethren, they forthwith stript him of his outside coat, that was of divers colours:
24. And cast him into an old pit, where there was no water.
25. And sitting down to eat bread, they saw some Ismaelites on their way coming from Calaad, with their camels, carrying spices, and balm, and myrrh to Egypt.
26. And Juda said to his brethren: What will it profit us to kill our brother, and conceal his blood?
27. It is better that he be sold to the Ismaelites, and that our hands be not defiled: for he is our brother and our flesh. His brethren agreed to his words.