Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened unto him.
It is betere þat he be seeld to Ismalitis, and oure hondis be not defoulid, for he is oure broþer and fleisch. Þe briþeren assentiden to þese wordis;