Genesis 37:22 DBY

²⁰  And now come and let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil beast has devoured him; and we will see what becomes of his dreams.

²¹  And Reuben heard [it], and delivered him out of their hand, and said, Let us not take his life.

²²  And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood: cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness; but lay no hand upon him -- in order that he might deliver him out of their hand, to bring him to his father again.

²³  And it came to pass when Joseph came to his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his vest, the vest of many colours, which he had on;

²⁴  and they took him and cast him into the pit; now the pit was empty -- there was no water in it.