ПЕРВА КНИГА МОЙСЕЯ 37:22

Каже ж Рубен: Не проливайте крові, а вкиньте в степовий колодязь, руки ж не кладїть на його; се, щоб визволити його з рук у них, та й оддати панотцеві.

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.