Genesis 37:21-23

Young's Literal Translation

²¹ And Reuben heareth, and delivereth him out of their hand, and saith, `Let us not smite the life;'

²² and Reuben saith unto them, `Shed no blood; cast him into this pit which [is] in the wilderness, and put not forth a hand upon him,' -- in order to deliver him out of their hand, to bring him back unto his father.

²³ And it cometh to pass, when Joseph hath come unto his brethren, that they strip Joseph of his coat, the long coat which [is] upon him,