What does Genesis 37:21-24 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many coloursd that was on him;
And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.