Genesis 37:18-22

When they saw him from a distance, and before he came closer to them, they plotted against him to put him to death.

They said to one another, “Here comes this dreamer!

Now then, come and let’s kill him, and throw him into one of the pits; and we will say, ‘A vicious animal devoured him.’ Then we will see what will become of his dreams!”

But Reuben heard this and rescued him out of their hands by saying, “Let’s not take his life.”

Then Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him”—so that later he might rescue him out of their hands, to return him to his father.