他说，我找我的哥哥们，求你告诉我，他们在何处放羊。
And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
他们远远地看见他，趁他还没有走到跟前，大家就同谋要害死他，
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
彼此说，你看。那作梦的来了。
And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
来吧。我们将他杀了，丢在一个坑里，就说有恶兽把他吃了。我们且看他的梦将来怎吗样。
Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
流便听见了，要救他脱离他们的手，说，我们不可害他的性命。
And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
又说，不可流他的血，可以把他丢在这野地的坑里，不可下手害他。流便的意思是要救他脱离他们的手，把他归还他的父亲。
And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
约瑟到了他哥哥们那里，他们就剥了他的外衣，，就是他穿的那件彩衣，
And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
把他丢在坑里。那坑是空的，里头没有水。
And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
他们坐下吃饭，举目观看，见有一夥米甸的以实玛利人从基列来，用骆驼驮着香料，乳香，没药，要带下埃及去。
And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
犹大对众弟兄说，我们杀我们的兄弟，藏了他的血有什么益处呢。
And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?