Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Genesis 37:29
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When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,
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¶ And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph [was] not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
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Reuben returned to the pit, and saw that Joseph wasn’t in the pit; and he tore his clothes.
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And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
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Genesis 37
27 Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.
28 So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
29 When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,
30 returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”
31 Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.
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