²⁶ So Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and ^(A)conceal his blood? ²⁷ Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and ^(B)let not our hand be upon him, for he is ^(C)our brother and ^(D)our flesh.” And his brothers listened. ²⁸ Then ^(E)Midianite traders passed by; so the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, ^(F)and sold him to the Ishmaelites for ^(G)twenty shekels of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt.

¹⁶ Then Judah said, “What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how shall we clear ourselves? God has ^(A)found out the iniquity of your servants; here ^(B)we are, my lord’s slaves, both we and he also with whom the cup was found.”

³ Then Joseph said to his brothers, ^(A)“I am Joseph; does my father still live?” But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed in his presence.