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Ali Quli Qara'i
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One of them said, ‘Do not kill Joseph, but throw him into the recess of some well so that some caravan may pick him up, if you are to do [anything].’
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Pickthal
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One among them said: Kill not Joseph but, if ye must be doing, fling him into the depth of the pit; some caravan will find him.
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Shakir
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A speaker from among them said: Do not slay Yusuf, and cast him down into the bottom of the pit if you must do (it), (so that) some of the travellers may pick him up.
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Yusufali
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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."
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