Genesis 37:20 BBE

¹⁸  But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;

¹⁹  Saying to one another, See, here comes this dreamer.

²⁰  Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.

²¹  But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life.

²²  Do not put him to a violent death, but let him be placed in one of the holes; this he said to keep him safe from their hands, with the purpose of taking him back to his father again.