Genesis 37:21

Coverdale Bible (1535)

When Ruben herde that, he wolde haue delyuered him out of their handes, & sayde: O let vs not sley a soule.

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  • Gen 42:22 : 22 Ruben answered them, and saide: Tolde not I you ye same, whan I sayde: O synne not agaynst ye lad, but ye wolde not heare. Now is his bloude requyred.
  • Josh 10:28 : 28 The same daye wanne Iosua Makeda also, and smote it with the edge of the swerde, and the kynge therof, and damned it, and all the soules that were therin, and let none remayne escaped: and dyd vnto the kynge of Makeda as he dyd vnto the kynge of Iericho.
  • Matt 10:28 : 28 And feare ye not them that kyll the body, and be not able to kyll the soule. But rather feare hi, which is able to destroye both soule and body in to hell.
  • Gen 9:5 : 5 For the bloude of you wherin youre soule is, wyll I requyre of the hande of all beastes: and the soule of ma wyll I requyre of mans hande, yee euery mans soule of anothers hande.
  • Gen 35:22 : 22 And it chaunsed, that when Israel dwelt in that londe, Ruben wente and laye with Bilha his fathers concubyne, and that came to Israels eares. And Iacob had twolue sonnes.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 37:22
    90%

    22Ruben sayde morouer vnto him: Shed no bloude, but cast him in to this pytt yt is in the wyldernes, & laye ye no hades vpon him. (He wolde haue delyuered him out of their hades, yt he might haue brought him agayne vnto his father.)

  • Gen 37:18-20
    3 verses
    81%

    18Now whan they sawe him a farre of, afore he came at the, they deuysed to sleye him,

    19and sayde one to another: Lo, there cometh the dreamer,

    20come on, and let vs sley him, & cast him in a pytt, and saye: a wicked beast hath deuoured him: the shal it be sene, what his dreames are.

  • Gen 42:37-38
    2 verses
    80%

    37Ruben answered his father & sayde: Yf I brynge him not to the againe, then slaye my two sonnes: delyuer him but in to my hande, I wyl brynge him agayne vnto the.

    38He sayde: my sonne shal not go downe with you: for his brother is deed, and he is left alone. Yf eny mysfortune shulde happen vnto him by the waye yt ye go, ye shulde bringe my graye hayre with sorowe downe vnto the graue.

  • Gen 42:20-23
    4 verses
    79%

    20& brynge me youre yongest brother, so wyll I beleue youre wordes, that ye shall not dye. And so they dyd.

    21And they sayde one to another: This haue we deserued against oure brother, in that we sawe the anguysh of his soule, whan he besought vs, and we wolde not heare him: therfore cometh now this trouble vpon vs.

    22Ruben answered them, and saide: Tolde not I you ye same, whan I sayde: O synne not agaynst ye lad, but ye wolde not heare. Now is his bloude requyred.

    23But they knew not that Ioseph vnderstode it, for he spake vnto the by an interpreter.

  • Deut 33:6
    76%

    6Let Ruben lyue, and not dye, and his people be fewe in nombre.

  • Gen 37:29-30
    2 verses
    76%

    29Now whan Ruben came agayne vnto the pytt, & founde not Ioseph therin, he rent his clothes,

    30and came agayne to his brethre and sayde: The lad is not yonder, whyther shal I go?

  • Gen 37:26-27
    2 verses
    75%

    26Then saide Iuda vnto his brethre: what helpeth it vs, that we sleye oure brother, and hyde his bloude?

    27Come, let vs sell him vnto the Ismaelites, that oure handes be not defyled vpon him, for he is oure brother, oure flesh and bloude. And they herkened vnto him.

  • Gen 44:7
    69%

    7They answered him: Wherfore saieth my lorde soch wordes? God forbyd, that thy seruauntes shulde do eny soch thinge?

  • Gen 37:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10And wha this was tolde his father and his brethre, his father reproued him, & sayde vnto him: What maner of dreame is this, yt thou hast dreamed? Shall I & thy mother, & thy brethren come & fall before ye vpon the groude?

    11And his brethre had envie at him. But his father marcked this sayenge.

  • 1 Chr 5:1
    68%

    1The children of Ruben the first sonne of Israel: for he was the first sonne, but because he defyled his fathers bed, therfore was his first byrthrighte geuen vnto the children of Ioseph the sonne of Israel, & he was not rekened to ye first byrthrighte:

  • Gen 42:4
    68%

    4As for Ben Iamyn Iosephs brother, Iacob wolde not let him go wt his brethre, for he sayde: Some mysfortune might happen vnto him.

  • Gen 43:7-8
    2 verses
    68%

    7They answered: The man enquered so strately of vs and of oure kynrede, & sayde: Is youre father yet a lyue? Haue ye yet a brother? Then tolde we him, as he axed vs. How coulde we knowe, that he wolde saye: brynge youre brother downe wt you?

    8Then sayde Iuda vnto Israel his father: Let the lad go with me, that we maye get vs vp and take oure iourney, and lyue, and not dye, both we and thou, and oure childre.

  • Gen 37:32
    68%

    32and sent awaye that partie coloured cote, and caused it be brought vnto their father and sayde: This haue we founde, loke, whether it be thy sonnes coate, or no.

  • Gen 37:24
    68%

    24& toke him and cast him in to a pytt. But the same pytt was emptye, and no water in it,

  • Gen 44:17
    68%

    17But he sayde: God forbyd that I shulde do so. The man by whom the cuppe is founde, shall by my seruaunt, but go ye vp in peace vnto youre father.