Genesis 37:21-22, 24, and 29

"But Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands, and said, 'Let us not kill him.'"

"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."

"Then they took him and cast him into a pit. And the pit was empty; there was no water in it."

"Then Reuben returned to the pit, and indeed Joseph was not in the pit; and he tore his clothes."