18 And when they saw him merachok (afar off, in the distance), even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to kill him.
19 And they said one to another, Hinei, this ba'al hachalomot cometh.
20 Come now therefore, and let us kill him, and throw him into one of the borot (pits), and we will say, Some chayyah ra'ah (evil wild beast) hath devoured him; and we shall see what will become of his chalomot.
21 And Reuven heard it, and he saved him out of their yadayim; and said, Let us not take his nefesh.
22 And Reuven said unto them, Do no shefach dahm (shedding of blood), but throw him into this bor that is in the midbar, and lay no yad upon him; that he might rescue him out of their yadayim, to take him back to Aviv.
23 And it came to pass, when Yosef was come unto his achim, that they stripped Yosef of his kesones [see Yn 19:23 OJBC], his kesones hapassim that was on him;
24 And they took him, and threw him into the borah (pit); and the bor was empty, there was no mayim in it.