Genesis 37:19-21

Young's Literal Translation

¹⁹ And they say one unto another, `Lo, this man of the dreams cometh;

²⁰ and now, come, and we slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and have said, An evil beast hath devoured him; and we see what his dreams are.'

²¹ And Reuben heareth, and delivereth him out of their hand, and saith, `Let us not smite the life;'