Genesis 37:25-27

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²⁵ And sitting down to eat bread, they saw some Ismaelites on their way coming from Galaad, 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.