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Genesis 37:22

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22 Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him"--that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.

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Well

  

'A well,' or 'pit,' as in Luke 14:5, signifies falsity and the evil of falsity. 'A well,' as in Numbers 21:17-18, signifies the Word of the ancient church.

(Verweise: Arcana Coelestia 3124; Numbers 21:17, 21:18)