²⁸ Then some ^(A)Midianite traders passed by, so they pulled him up and lifted Joseph out of the pit and ^(B)sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for ^[a]twenty shekels of silver. Thus ^(C)they brought Joseph into Egypt.

²¹ Then they said to one another, “^(A)Surely we are guilty concerning our brother because we saw the distress of his soul when he begged us, yet we would not listen; therefore this distress has come upon us.” ²² And Reuben answered them, saying, “^(B)Did I not tell you, saying, ‘Do not sin against the boy’; yet you would not listen? ^(C)So also his blood, behold, it is required of us.”