17 And the man said, “They have departed from here, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’ ” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them in ^aDothan.  ‡

18 Now when they saw him afar off, even before he came near them, ^athey conspired against him to kill him.  ‡

20 ^aCome therefore, let us now kill him and cast him into some pit; and we shall say, ‘Some wild beast has devoured him.’ We shall see what will become of his dreams!”  ‡

21 But ^aReuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands, and said, “Let us not kill him.”  ‡