And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood; cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him: that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.
and seide, Sle we not þe lijf of hym, neþer schede we out his blood, but caste ye hym into an eeld cisterne, which is in þe wildirnesse, and kepe ye youre hondis gilteles. Forsoþe he seide this, willynge to delyuere hym fro her hondis, and to yelde to his fadir.