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- Original composition: Two men hold Joseph's outstretched arms and lower him into the cistern
- Variant: Two men lower Joseph, who has his hands folded or bound together, legs first down into the cistern
- Variant: More than two men lower Joseph, who has his hands folded or bound together, legs first down into the cistern
- Variant: Joseph is lowered down into the cistern, not legs first
- Variant: The brothers debate whilst Joseph is in the cistern
- Variant: Joseph is both stripped off his coat and thrown into the cistern
- Variant: Some brothers lower Joseph into the cistern, others stain his coat with blood
- Variant: Joseph sold to the Ismaelites