The men answered, saying, "Your brothers have gone to the place called Dothan, which is many miles from here."
Then Joseph, after resting, started on towards Dothan. There his brothers saw him, and recognized him afar off by the bright colors of his coat.
"Here comes our dreamer," sneered one brother.
"He who shall reign over us," sneered another.
Then the face of the oldest brother grew black and bitter. "Let us kill him," he said, "and cast him into some pit."
"No," said Rueben, "we need not stain our hands with his blood. Let us only cast him into the pit, and then tell our father Jacob that a wild beast has slain him."
This plan seemed most pleasing to them; and when Joseph came near, they fell upon him, tore his coat from him, and made ready to throw him into a pit.
JOSEPH SOLD BY HIS BRETHREN.
But just then there came along the highway a company of merchants, bound for Egypt. They had a long train of camels, and these were loaded with fruits and spices.