Genesis 37:24-28
Genesis 37:24
and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, without any water in it.
Genesis 37:25
Then they sat down to eat a meal. But as they raised their eyes and looked, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels carrying labdanum resin, balsam, and myrrh, on their way to bring them down to Egypt.
Genesis 37:26
And Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it for us to kill our brother and cover up his blood?
Genesis 37:27
Come, and let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his brothers listened to him.
Genesis 37:28
Then some Midianite traders passed by, so they pulled him out and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. So they brought Joseph into Egypt.