Then the people of Pharaoh picked him up (from the river): (It was intended) that (Moses) should be to them an adversary and a cause of sorrow: for Pharaoh and Haman and (all) their hosts were men of sin.

Said one of them: "Slay not Joseph, but if ye must do something, throw him down to the bottom of the well: he will be picked up by some caravan of travellers."

法老的侍从曾拾取了他，以致他成为他们的敌人和忧患。法老、哈曼和他俩的军队，确是错误的。

他们当中有一个发言人曾说：“你们不要杀死优素福，你们可以把他投入井里。要是你们那样做了，一些过路的旅客会把他拾去的。”