Genesis 37:21-24 ▼

21 But Reuben heard this and rescued him out of their hands by saying, “Let’s not 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 reached his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the multicolored tunic that was on him;

24 and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, without any water in it.