But Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands, and said, "Let us not kill him."
Genesis 37:21
Surrounding context
37:20 Come therefore, let us now kill him and cast him into some pit; and we shall say, "Some wild beast has devoured him.' We shall see what will become of his dreams!"
37:21 But Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands, and said, "Let us not kill him."
37:22 And Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness, and do not lay a hand on him"--that he might deliver him out of their hands, and bring him back to his father.