Genesis 37:18-21 NIV

[18] But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him. [19] “Here comes that dreamer!” they said to each other. [20] “Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we’ll see what comes of his dreams.” [21] When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. “Let’s not take his life,” he said.