Bereshis 37:21-23

Orthodox Jewish Bible

²¹ And Reuven heard it, and he saved him out of their yadayim; and said, Let us not take his nefesh.

²² And Reuven said unto them, Do no shefach dahm (shedding of blood), but throw him into this bor that is in the midbar, and lay no yad upon him; that he might rescue him out of their yadayim, to take him back to Aviv.

²³ And it came to pass, when Yosef was come unto his achim, that they stripped Yosef of his kesones [see Yn 19:23 OJBC], his kesones hapassim that was on him;