Genesis 42:22

Geneva Bible (1560)

And Reuben answered them, saying, Warned I not you, saying, Sinne not against the childe, and ye would not heare? and lo, his blood is now 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 more righteous and better then he, and slew them with the sword, & my father Dauid knew not: to wit, Abner the sonne of Ner, captaine of the hoste of Israel, and Amasa the sonne of Iether captaine of the hoste of Iudah.
  • 2 Chr 24:22 : 22 Thus Ioash the King remembred not the kindnesse which Iehoiada his father had done to him, but slewe his sonne; when he dyed, he sayd, The Lord looke vpon it, and require it.
  • Ps 9:12 : 12 For whe he maketh inquisition for blood, hee remembreth it, and forgetteth not the complaint of the poore.
  • Gen 37:21-22 : 21 But when Reuben heard that, he deliuered him out of their handes, and saide, Let vs not kill him. 22 Also Reuben saide vnto them, Shed not blood, but cast him into this pitte that is in the wildernesse, and lay no hande vpon him. Thus he said, that he might deliuer him out of their hand, and restore him to his father againe.
  • Gen 9:5-6 : 5 For surely I will require your blood, wherein your liues are: at the hand of euery beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, euen at the hand of a mans brother will I require the life of man. 6 Who so sheadeth mans blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God hath he made man.
  • Luke 11:50-51 : 50 That the blood of all the Prophets, shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation, 51 From the blood of Abel vnto the blood of Zacharias, which was slaine betweene the altar and the Temple: verely I say vnto you, it shall be required of this generation.
  • Luke 23:41 : 41 We are in deede righteously here: for we receiue things worthy of that we haue done: but this man hath done nothing amisse.
  • Acts 28:4 : 4 Nowe when ye Barbarians saw the worme hang on his hand, they said among themselues, This man surely is a murtherer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet Vengeance hath not suffered to liue.
  • Rom 2:15 : 15 Which shew the effect of the Lawe written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witnes, and their thoughts accusing one another, or excusing,)
  • Rev 13:10 : 10 If any leade into captiuitie, hee shall go into captiuitie: if any kill with a sword, he must be killed by a sword: here is the patience and the faith of the Saints.
  • Rev 16:9 : 9 And men boyled in great heate, and blasphemed the Name of God, which hath power ouer these plagues, and they repented not, to giue him glorie.
  • Gen 4:10 : 10 Againe he said, What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me from the earth.
  • Gen 37:29-30 : 29 Afterwarde Reuben returned to the pit, and beholde, Ioseph was not in the pit: then he rent his clothes, 30 And returned to his brethren, and said, The childe is not yonder, and I, whither shall I goe?
  • Ezek 3:18 : 18 When I shall say vnto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die, and thou giuest not him warning, nor speakest to admonish the wicked of his wicked way, that he may liue, the same wicked man shall die in his iniquitie: but his blood will I require at thine hande.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 42:20-21
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    82%

    20 But bring your yonger brother vnto me, that your wordes may be tried, and that ye dye not: and they did so.

    21 And they said one to another, We haue verily sinned against our brother, in that we sawe the anguish of his soule, when he besought vs, and we would not heare him: therefore is this trouble come vpon vs.

  • Gen 42:36-38
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    36 Then Iaakob their father said to them, Ye haue robbed me of my children: Ioseph is not, & Simeon is not, and ye will take Beniamin: all these things are against me.

    37 Then Reuben answered his father, saying, Slay my two sonnes, if I bring him not to thee againe: deliuer him to mine hand, and I will bring him to thee againe.

    38 But he sayd, My sonne shall not go downe with you: for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if death come vnto him by the way which ye goe, then ye shall bring my gray head with sorow vnto the graue.

  • Gen 37:20-22
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    20 Come now therefore, and let vs slay him, and cast him into some pitte, and wee will say, A wicked beast hath deuoured him: then wee shall see, what will come of his dreames.

    21 But when Reuben heard that, he deliuered him out of their handes, and saide, Let vs not kill him.

    22 Also Reuben saide vnto them, Shed not blood, but cast him into this pitte that is in the wildernesse, and lay no hande vpon him. Thus he said, that he might deliuer him out of their hand, and restore him to his father againe.

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

    24 Then he turned from them, and wept, & turned to them againe, & communed with them, and tooke Simeon from among them, & bounde him before their eyes.

  • Gen 37:26-27
    2 verses
    74%

    26 Then Iudah said vnto his brethren, What auaileth it, if we slay our brother, though wee keepe his blood secret?

    27 Come and let vs sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our handes be vpon him: for he is our brother and our flesh: and his brethren obeyed.

  • Gen 37:29-32
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    29 Afterwarde Reuben returned to the pit, and beholde, Ioseph was not in the pit: then he rent his clothes,

    30 And returned to his brethren, and said, The childe is not yonder, and I, whither shall I goe?

    31 And they tooke Iosephs coate, and killed a kidde of the goates, and dipped the coate in the blood.

    32 So they sent that particoloured coat, and they brought it vnto their father, and saide, This haue we founde: see nowe, whether it be thy sonnes coate, or no.

  • 17 Thus shal ye say vnto Ioseph, Forgiue now, I pray thee, the trespasse of thy brethren, and their sinne: for they rewarded thee euil; nowe, we pray thee, forgiue the trespasse of the seruants of thy fathers God; Ioseph wept, when they spake vnto him.

  • 15 And when Iosephs brethren saw that their father was dead, they sayde, It may be that Ioseph will hate vs, and will pay vs againe all the euill, which we did vnto him.

  • 32 Doubtlesse thy seruant became suertie for the childe to my father, and said, If I bring him not vnto thee againe, then I will beare the blame vnto my father for euer.

  • 4 Saying, I haue sinned, betraying the innocent bloud. But they sayde, What is that to vs? see thou to it.

  • 14 Againe Ioseph sayde vnto them, This is it that I spake vnto you, saying, Ye are spies.

  • Gen 43:6-7
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    6 And Israel sayd, Wherefore delt ye so euill with me, as to tell the man, whether ye had yet a brother or no?

    7 And they answered, The man asked straitly of our selues and of our kinred, saying, Is your father yet aliue? haue ye any brother? And wee tolde him according to these wordes: could we knowe certainely that he would say, Bring your brother downe?

  • 7 And they answered him, Wherefore sayeth my lorde such wordes? God forbid that thy seruants should do such a thing.

  • 15 Then Ioseph sayd vnto them, What acte is this, which ye haue done? know ye not that such a man as I, can deuine and prophecie?

  • 10 Againe he said, What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me from the earth.

  • 3 And Iudah answered him, saying, The man charged vs by an othe, saying, Neuer see my face, except your brother be with you.

  • 29 And they came vnto Iaakob their father vnto the lande of Canaan, and tolde him all that had befallen them, saying,

  • 9 I wil be suertie for him: of mine hand shalt thou require him. If I bring him not to thee, and set him before thee, then let me beare the blame for euer.