Bible in Basic English
"Now when Reuben came back to the hole, Joseph was not there; and giving signs of grief,"
— Genesis 37:29, Bible in Basic English
“And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.”
“And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes. ”
“Reuben returned to the pit; and saw that Joseph wasn't in the pit; and he tore his clothes.”
“Later Reuben returned to the cistern to find that Joseph was not in it! He tore his clothes,”
“And Ruben returning to the pit, found not the boy:”
And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is there in putting our brother to death and covering up his blood?
Let us give him to these Ishmaelites for a price, and let us not put violent hands on him, for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers gave ear to him.
And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver, and they took him to Egypt.
Now when Reuben came back to the hole, Joseph was not there; and giving signs of grief,
He went back to his brothers, and said, The child is gone; what am I to do?
Then they took Joseph's coat, and put on it some of the blood from a young goat which they had put to death,
And they took the coat to their father, and said, We came across this; is it your son's coat or not?