Genesis 37:30
“And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?”
Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?
And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son’s coat or no.
Related Verses
“And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.”
“For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.”
“And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?”
“And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.”
“Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;”