The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from King James Bible: GEN 37:21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands;
and said, Let us not kill him.
GEN 37:22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into
this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he
might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
GEN 37:23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren,
that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that
was on him;
GEN 37:24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was
empty, there was no water in it.
GEN 37:25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes
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