Catholic Public Domain Version
"And Reuben, returning to the cistern, did not find the boy. "
— Genesis 37:29, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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:”
“Now when Reuben came back to the hole, Joseph was not there; and giving signs of grief,”
“And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.”
Therefore, Judah said to his brothers: “What will it profit us, if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
It is better that he be sold to the Ishmaelites, and then our hands will not be defiled. For he is our brother and our flesh.” His brothers agreed to his words.
And when the Midianite merchants were passing by, they drew him from the cistern, and they sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And these led him into Egypt.
And Reuben, returning to the cistern, did not find the boy.
And rending his garments, he went to his brothers and said, “The boy is not present, and so where shall I go?”
Then they took his tunic, and they dipped it in the blood of a young goat, which they had killed,
sending those who carried it to their father, and they said: “We found this. See whether it is the tunic of your son or not.”