قَالَ قَآٮِٕلٌ مِّنۡهُمۡ لَا تَقۡتُلُوۡا يُوۡسُفَ وَاَلۡقُوۡهُ فِىۡ غَيٰبَتِ الۡجُـبِّ يَلۡتَقِطۡهُ بَعۡضُ السَّيَّارَةِ اِنۡ كُنۡتُمۡ فٰعِلِيۡنَ
A negotiator from among them said: ‘Do not kill Yusuf (Joseph) and lower him down at the bottom of a dark deep well. Some traveller will pick him up and carry him away. (So do this) if (at all) you are up to (something).’