Cruelly, they sold Joseph into slavery and tricked their father into believing that Joseph had been killed by a wild beast. ​ — Gen. 37: 4, 28, 31 - 33.
وَبِقُلُوبٍ مُتَحَجِّرَةٍ ،‏ بَاعُوهُ إِلَى ٱلْعُبُودِيَّةِ ثُمَّ خَدَعُوا أَبَاهُمْ بِجَعْلِهِ يَعْتَقِدُ أَنَّ وَحْشًا شَرِسًا قَتَلَهُ .‏ —‏ تك ٣٧ :‏ ​ ٤ ،‏ ٢٨ ،‏ ٣١ -‏ ٣٣‏ .‏