Genesis 37:21-23

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²¹ And Ruben hearing this, endeavoured to deliver him out of their hands, and said:

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: