12And his brothers went to pasture the flock of their father in Shechem.13And Israel said to Joseph, "Are not your brothers pasturing in Shechem? Go, and I will send you to them." And he said to him, "Here I am."14And he said to him, "Go, please; see the welfare of your brothers and the welfare of the flock, and return word to me." And he sent him from the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.15And a man found him, and behold, he was going astray in the field, and the man asked him, saying, "What do you seek?"16And he said, "I am seeking my brothers; tell me, please, where they are pasturing."17And the man said, "They have moved on from here, for I heard them saying, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" And Joseph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan.18And they saw him from a distance, and before he came to them they plotted against him to kill him.19And they said to one another, "Behold, this dreamer is coming."20Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits, and we will say, 'A wild animal ate him,' and we will see what becomes of his dreams.21And Reuben heard and rescued him from their hand, and he said, "Let us not take his life."22And Reuben said to them, "Do not pour blood; throw him into this pit which is in the wilderness, and do not send a hand against him," in order to rescue him from their hand, to return him to his father.23And it was, as Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the long-sleeved tunic which was upon him.24And they took him and they threw him into the pit, and the pit was empty; there was no water in it.25And they sat to eat food, and they lifted their eyes and they saw, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, and their camels carrying tragacanth gum and balsam and myrrh, going down to Egypt.26And Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover his blood?"27Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers listened.28And Midianite traders passed by, and they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit. They sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver, and they brought Joseph to Egypt.29And Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit, and he tore his garments.30And he returned to his brothers and said, "The boy is gone, and I—where shall I go?"31And they took the tunic of Joseph, and they slaughtered a male goat, and they dipped the tunic in the blood.32And they sent the long-sleeved tunic, and they brought it to their father, and they said, "This we found; recognize, please, the tunic of your son—is it or not?"33And he recognized it and said, "It is my son's tunic. A wild animal has eaten him; Joseph has surely been torn to pieces."34And Jacob tore his garments, put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.35And all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him, and he refused to be comforted, and he said, "For I will go down to my son mourning to Sheol." And his father wept for him.36And the Midianites sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard.