Genesis 42:22

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And Ruben aunswered them, saying: sayd I not vnto you, that you shoulde not sinne against the lad, and ye would not heare? and see, nowe his blood is required.

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  • 1 Kgs 2:32 : 32 And the Lorde shall bring his blood vpon his owne head: for he smote two men righteouser and better then he, and slue them with the sworde, my father Dauid not knowing therof, euen Abner the sonne of Ner captayne of the hoast of Israel, and Amasa the sonne of Iether captayne of the hoast of Iuda.
  • 2 Chr 24:22 : 22 And so Ioas the king remembred not ye kindnesse whiche Iehoiada his father had done to him, but slue his sonne: And when he died, he sayde, The Lorde loke vpon it, and require it.
  • Ps 9:12 : 12 For he maketh inquisition of blood: he remembreth it, and forgetteth not the complaynt of the poore.
  • Gen 37:21-22 : 21 When Ruben hearde that, he ryd hym out of their handes, and sayde: let vs not kyll hym. 22 And Ruben sayde moreouer vnto the: shed no blood but cast hym into this pit that is in the wyldernesse, and laye no hande vppon hym: this he sayde namely that he myght ryd hym out of their handes, and delyuer hym to his father agayne.
  • Gen 9:5-6 : 5 And surely your blood of your lyues wyl I require: at the hande of euery beast wyll I require it, and at the hand of man, at the hande of mans brother wyll I require the life of man. 6 Who so sheddeth mans blood, by man shall his blood be shed, for in the image of God made he man.
  • Luke 11:50-51 : 50 That the blood of all the prophetes, which is shedde, from the foundation of the worlde, may be required of this generation, 51 From the blood of Abel, vnto ye blood of Zacharie, whiche perished betwene the aulter & the temple: Ueryly I saye vnto you, it shalbe required of this nation.
  • Luke 23:41 : 41 We are righteously punished for we receaue according to our deedes: But this man hath done nothing amisse.
  • Acts 28:4 : 4 And when the straungers sawe the beast hang on his hande, they sayde among them selues, No doubt this man is a murtherer: Whom though he haue escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffreth not to lyue.
  • Rom 2:15 : 15 Which shewe the workes of the lawe written in their heartes, their conscience bearing them witnesse, & their thoughtes, accusyng one another, or excusyng,)
  • Rev 13:10 : 10 He that leadeth into captiuitie, shall go into captiuitie: He that kylleth with a sworde, must be kylled with a sworde. Here is the patience and the fayth of the saintes.
  • Rev 16:9 : 9 And men boyled in great heate, and blasphemed the name of God whiche hath power ouer these plagues, & they repented not, to geue hym glorie.
  • Gen 4:10 : 10 And he sayde: What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me out of the grounde.
  • Gen 37:29-30 : 29 Then Ruben came agayne vnto the pit, and beholde, Ioseph was not in the pit: then he rent his clothes, 30 And went agayne vnto his brethren, saying: the lad is not yonder wo is me, whyther shall I go?
  • Ezek 3:18 : 18 When I shall say vnto the wicked, Thou shalt surely dye, and thou geuest not him warning, nor speakest to admonishe the wicked of his euill way, and so to liue: then shal the same vngodly man dye in his owne vnrighteousnesse, but his blood wyl I require of thyne hand.

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  • Gen 42:20-21
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    20But bryng your youngest brother vnto me, and so shal your wordes be tryed true, and ye shall not dye: & they dyd so.

    21And one sayde to another: we haue veryly sinned agaynst our brother, in that we sawe the anguishe of his soule, when he besought vs, and we woulde not heare him: and therfore is this trouble come vpon vs.

  • Gen 42:36-38
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    36And Iacob theyr father sayde vnto them: Me haue ye robbed of my children, Ioseph is away, and Simeon is away, & ye will take Beniamin away: all these thinges are agaynst me.

    37Ruben said vnto his father: slay my two sonnes, yf I bring hym not to thee agayne: deliuer him to my hande, and I will bring him to thee agayne.

    38And he said: My sonne shall not go downe with you, for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if destruction come vpon hym by the way whiche ye go, ye shall bring my gray head with sorowe vnto the graue.

  • Gen 37:20-22
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    20Come nowe therefore and let vs slaye hym, and cast hym into some pit, and we wyll say, some naughtie beast hath deuoured hym: and we shall see what wyll come of his dreames.

    21When Ruben hearde that, he ryd hym out of their handes, and sayde: let vs not kyll hym.

    22And Ruben sayde moreouer vnto the: shed no blood but cast hym into this pit that is in the wyldernesse, and laye no hande vppon hym: this he sayde namely that he myght ryd hym out of their handes, and delyuer hym to his father agayne.

  • Gen 42:23-24
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    23They were not aware that Ioseph vnderstoode them: for he spake vnto them by an interpreter.

    24And he turned from them and wept: and turned to them agayne, and communed with them, and toke out Simeon from amongest them, and bounde him before theyr eyes.

  • Gen 37:26-27
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    26And Iuda sayde vnto his brethren: What auayleth it yf we slay our brother, and kepe his blood secrete?

    27Come on, and let vs sell hym to the Ismaelites, and let not our hande be vpon him: for he is our brother and our fleshe. And his brethren were content.

  • Gen 37:29-32
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    29Then Ruben came agayne vnto the pit, and beholde, Ioseph was not in the pit: then he rent his clothes,

    30And went agayne vnto his brethren, saying: the lad is not yonder wo is me, whyther shall I go?

    31And they toke Iosephes coate, and kylled a kyd, and dipped the coate in the blood.

    32And they sent that partie coloured coate, and caused it to be brought vnto their father, and sayde: This haue we founde, see whether it be thy sonnes coate, or no.

  • Gen 50:17
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    17This wyse shall ye say vnto Ioseph, Forgeue I pray thee the trespasse of thy brethren, and their sinne: for they rewarded thee euyll. And nowe we praye thee forgeue the trespasse of the seruauntes of the God of thy father. And Ioseph wept when they spake vnto hym.

  • Gen 50:15
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    15And when Iosephes brethren sawe that their father was dead, they saide: Ioseph may peraduenture hate vs, & rewarde vs againe all the euyll whiche we dyd vnto hym.

  • Gen 44:32
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    32For I thy seruaunt became suretie for the lad before my father, and saide: If I bryng hym not vnto thee agayne, I shal beare the blame vnto my father all my lyfe long.

  • Matt 27:4
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    4Saying: I haue synned, betraying the innocent blood. And they said: what is that to vs? see thou to that.

  • Gen 42:14
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    14And Ioseph saide vnto them: that is it that I spake vnto you when I sayd, ye are spyes.

  • Gen 43:6-7
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    6And Israel sayd: wherefore dealt ye so cruelly with me, as to tell the man that ye had yet a brother?

    7They aunswered, The man asked vs straytely of our state and of our kinrede, saying: Is your father yet aliue? haue ye not another brother? And we tolde hym accordyng to the tenour of these wordes: Could we by any meane knowe, that he would say, bryng your brother downe with you?

  • Gen 44:7
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    7And they aunswered him: wherfore sayeth my Lorde suche wordes? God forbid that thy seruauntes should do so.

  • Gen 44:15
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    15And Ioseph sayde vnto them: what deede is this that ye haue done? Wote ye not that suche a man as I do consult with propheciers?

  • Gen 4:10
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    10And he sayde: What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me out of the grounde.

  • Gen 43:3
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    3Iuda aunswered him, and sayd, The man did solemply protest vnto vs saying: ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.

  • Gen 42:29
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    29And they came vnto Iacob their father, vnto the lande of Chanaan, & tolde him all that befell vnto them, saying:

  • Gen 43:9
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    9I wylbe suretie for hym, of my handes shalt thou require hym: yf I bryng hym not to thee agayne, and set him before thine eyes, then let me beare the blame for euer.