Genesis 37:21-23

New American Standard Bible

²¹ But ^(A)Reuben heard this and rescued him out of their hands ^[a]by saying, “Let’s not ^[b]take his life.” ²² Then 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. ²³ So it came about, when Joseph ^[c]reached his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the ^[d]multicolored tunic that was on him;