And he answered here am I. And he
said unto him: go and see whether it be well with thy brethren and
the sheep, and bring me word again: And sent him out of the vale
of Hebron, for to go to Sichem. And a certain man found him
wandering out of his way in the field, and asked him what he
sought. And he answered: I seek my brethren, tell me I pray thee
where they keep sheep. And the man said, they are departed hence,
for I heard them say, let us go unto Dothan. Thus went Ioseph
after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. And when they saw
him afar off before he came at them, they took counsel {councell}
against him, for to slay him, and said one to another: Behold this
dreamer cometh, come now and let us slay him and cast him into
some pit, and let us say that sonne wicked beast hath devoured
him, and let us see what his dreams will come to. When Ruben heard
that, he went about to rid him out of their hands and said, let us
not kill him. And Ruben said moreover unto them, shed not his
blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and
lay no hands upon him: for he would have rid him out of their
hands and delivered him to his father again. And as soon as Ioseph
was come unto his brethren, they stripped him out, of his gay coat
that was upon him, and they took him and cast him into a pit.
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