“When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,”
Genesis 37:29 (BSB)
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27Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed. 28So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt. 29When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes, 30returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?” 31Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.