Genesis 37:21

WEB

²¹Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, “Let’s not take his life.”

KJV

²¹And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

BSB

²¹When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.

FBV

²¹When Reuben heard all this, he tried to save Joseph from them.

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Extra References

Genesis 42:22

²²Reuben answered them, saying, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘Don’t sin against the child,’ and you wouldn’t listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required.”

Matthew 10:28

²⁸Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

Genesis 9:5

⁵I will surely require accounting for your life’s blood. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will require the life of man.

Genesis 35:22

²²While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

²⁸Joshua took Makkedah on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword, with its king. He utterly destroyed it and all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining. He did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.