Genesis 37:20-22

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

²⁰ So come on now, let us kill him and throw his body into some pit; then we will say [to our father], Some wild and ferocious animal has devoured him; and we shall see what will become of his dreams!

²¹ Now Reuben heard it and he delivered him out of their hands by saying, Let us not kill him.

²² And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit or well that is out here in the wilderness and lay no hand on him. He was trying to get Joseph out of their hands in order to rescue him and deliver him again to his father.