1Now after four and twenty days came the Ishmaelites; for they had heard that Jacob 'my father' was mourning 'much' concerning me. And they came and said unto me:
2How is it that thou saidst that thou wast a slave? and lo, we have learnt that thou art the son of a mighty man in the land of Canaan, and thy father 'still' mourneth for thee in sackcloth 'and ashes'.
3'When I heard this my bowels were dissolved and my heart melted', and I desired greatly to weep, but I restrained myself, that I should not put my brethren to shame. 'And I said unto them, I know not, I am a slave'.
4Then, 'therefore', they took counsel to sell me, that I should not be found in their hands.
5For they feared my father, lest he 'should come and' execute upon them a grievous vengeance. For they had heard that he was mighty with Elohim (God) and with men.