Bishops(i)
18 And when they sawe hym a farre of, before he came at them, they toke councell agaynst hym for to slea hym
19 For one sayde to another: behold, this notable dreamer commeth
20 Come nowe therefore and let vs slaye hym, and cast hym into some pit, and we wyll say, some naughtie beast hath deuoured hym: and we shall see what wyll come of his dreames
21 When Ruben hearde that, he ryd hym out of their handes, and sayde: let vs not kyll hym
22 And Ruben sayde moreouer vnto the: shed no blood [but] cast hym into this pit that is in the wyldernesse, and laye no hande vppon hym: [this he sayde] namely that he myght ryd hym out of their handes, and delyuer hym to his father agayne
23 And when Ioseph was come vnto his brethren, they strypt hym out of his coate, his partie coloured coate that was vpon hym
24 And they toke hym, and cast hym into an emptie pit, wherein was no water
25 And they sate them downe to eate bread: and as they lyft vp their eyes and loked about, and behold there came a company of Ismaelites from Gilead, and their camelles laden with spicerie, bawlme, and mirrhe, and were goyng downe ta cary it to Egypt
26 And Iuda sayde vnto his brethren: What auayleth it yf we slay our brother, and kepe his blood secrete
27 Come on, and let vs sell hym to the Ismaelites, and let not our hande be vpon him: for he is our brother and our fleshe. And his brethren were content
28 Then as the Madianites marchaunt men passed by, they drewe and lyft Ioseph out of the pit, and solde him vnto the Ismaelites for twentie peeces of syluer. And they brought Ioseph into Egypt
29 Then Ruben came agayne vnto the pit, and beholde, Ioseph [was] not in the pit: then he rent his clothes