Genesis 37:21-22

Leeser(i) 21 And when Reuben heard it, he delivered him out of their hand; and he said, Let us not put him to death. 22 And Reuben said unto them, Do not shed blood; but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but do not lay hand upon him;—in order that he might deliver him out of their hand, to bring him back again to his father.