1 MOSEBOG 37:22

Og Ruben sagde til dem: “Udgyd dog ikke Blod! Kast ham i Cisternen her på Marken, men læg ikke Hånd på ham!” Han vilde nemlig redde ham af deres Hånd og bringe ham tilbage til Faderen.

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.