²⁷ Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother,^(A) our own flesh and blood.^(B)” His brothers agreed.

²⁸ So when the Midianite^(C) merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern^(D) and sold^(E) him for twenty shekels^[a] of silver^(F) to the Ishmaelites,^(G) who took him to Egypt.^(H)

²⁹ When Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.^(I)