Genesis 37:20-22

Young's Literal Translation

²⁰ and now, come, and we slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and have said, An evil beast hath devoured him; and we see what his dreams are.'

²¹ And Reuben heareth, and delivereth him out of their hand, and saith, `Let us not smite the life;'

²² and Reuben saith unto them, `Shed no blood; cast him into this pit which [is] in the wilderness, and put not forth a hand upon him,' -- in order to deliver him out of their hand, to bring him back unto his father.