Genesis 37:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Do not put him to a violent death, but let him be placed in one of the holes; this he said to keep him safe from their hands, with the purpose of taking him back to his father again.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 22:12 : 12 And he said, Let not your hand be stretched out against the boy to do anything to him; for now I am certain that the fear of God is in your heart, because you have not kept back your son, your only son, from me.
  • Gen 42:22 : 22 And Reuben said to them, Did I not say to you, Do the child no wrong? but you gave no attention; so now, punishment has come on us for his blood.
  • Exod 24:11 : 11 And he put not his hand on the chiefs of the children of Israel: they saw God, and took food and drink.
  • Deut 13:9 : 9 But put him to death without question; let your hand be the first stretched out against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.
  • Matt 27:24 : 24 So when Pilate saw that he was able to do nothing, but that trouble was working up, he took water and, washing his hands before the people, said, The blood of this upright man is not on my hands: you are responsible.
  • Acts 12:1 : 1 Now, about that time, Herod the king made cruel attacks on the Christians.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 37:20-21
    2 verses
    90%

    20 Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.

    21 But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life.

  • Gen 42:36-38
    3 verses
    82%

    36 And Jacob their father said to them, You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone, and now you would take Benjamin away; all these things have come on me.

    37 And Reuben said, Put my two sons to death if I do not come back to you with him; let him be in my care and I will give him safely back to you.

    38 And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: if evil overtakes him on the journey, then through you will my grey head go down to the underworld in sorrow.

  • Gen 37:26-32
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    26 And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is there in putting our brother to death and covering up his blood?

    27 Let us give him to these Ishmaelites for a price, and let us not put violent hands on him, for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers gave ear to him.

    28 And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver, and they took him to Egypt.

    29 Now when Reuben came back to the hole, Joseph was not there; and giving signs of grief,

    30 He went back to his brothers, and said, The child is gone; what am I to do?

    31 Then they took Joseph's coat, and put on it some of the blood from a young goat which they had put to death,

    32 And they took the coat to their father, and said, We came across this; is it your son's coat or not?

  • Gen 42:22-23
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    22 And Reuben said to them, Did I not say to you, Do the child no wrong? but you gave no attention; so now, punishment has come on us for his blood.

    23 They were not conscious that the sense of their words was clear to Joseph, for he had been talking to them through one who had knowledge of their language.

  • Gen 37:23-24
    2 verses
    76%

    23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they took off his long coat which he had on;

    24 And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it.

  • Deut 33:6
    71%

    6 Let life not death be Reuben's, let not the number of his men be small.

  • 1 Chr 5:1
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    1 And the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, (for he was the oldest son, but, because he made his father's bride-bed unclean, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel; but he is not to be given the place of the oldest.

  • Gen 42:4
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    4 But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with them, for fear, as he said, that some evil might come to him.

  • Gen 37:18
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    18 But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;

  • Gen 37:10
    68%

    10 And he gave word of it to his father and his brothers; but his father protesting said, What sort of a dream is this? am I and your mother and your brothers to go down on our faces to the earth before you?

  • Gen 37:12
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    12 Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.

  • Gen 44:17
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    17 Then he said, Far be it from me to do so: but the man who had my cup will be my servant; and you may go back to your father in peace.