Genesis 37:28
When Midianite traders passed by, they pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for 20 pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took Joseph to Egypt.

some other people who were in pits:

David:

was in a pit because he sinned:**

Psalm 103:3-5
He forgives all your sin;
He heals all your diseases.
4 He redeems your life from the Pit;
He crowns you with faithful love and compassion.
5 He satisfies you with goodness;
your youth is renewed like the eagle.

Hezekiah

was in a pit because he was deathly sick:

Isaiah 38:17
Indeed, it was for my own welfare
that I had such great bitterness;
but Your love has delivered me
from the Pit of destruction,
for You have thrown all my sins behind Your back.

Jeremiah

was in a pit because he preached

*Lamentations 3:53-57 *
53 They dropped me alive into a pit
and threw stones at me.
54 Water flooded over my head,
and I thought: I’m going to die!
55 I called on Your name, Yahweh,
from the depths of the Pit.
56 You hear my plea:
Do not ignore my cry for relief.
57 You come near when I call on You;
You say: “Do not be afraid.” HCSB

Daniel

was in a pit because he prayed:

Daniel 6:21-22
Then Daniel spoke with the king: “May the king live forever. 22 My God sent His angel and shut the lions’ mouths. They haven’t hurt me, for I was found innocent before Him. Also, I have not committed a crime against you my king.”

Jonah

was in a pit for running from God:

Jonah 2:6,10
I sank to the foundations of the mountains; the earth with its prison bars closed behind me forever! But You raised my life from the Pit, Lord my God!…
10 Then the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

Joseph

Was God in the pit with Joseph? Bigger perspective:

After the pit, Joseph was carted to Egypt and sold into slavery:
Genesis 39:1-2
Now Joseph had been taken to Egypt. An Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and the captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there. 2 The Lord was with Joseph,…

Joseph was unjustly sent to prison for years:
Genesis 39:20-21
..So Joseph was there in prison.
21 But the Lord was with Joseph and extended kindness to him.

God was with Joseph in slavery, prison. Was He in the PIT?

Look at Joseph’s perspective, after Isaac has died….
Genesis 50:20
You planned evil against me; God planned it for good to bring about the present result—the survival of many people.
God was with Joseph in the pit and God had a plan that included the pit.

YOU

when YOU are in a pit is God there with you?

Psalm 23:4
Even when I go through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff—they comfort me.

Does God have plan that includes YOUR PIT?
Romans 8:28-30
We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God: those who are called according to His purpose. 29 For those He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those He predestined, He also called; and those He called, He also justified; and those He justified, He also glorified.