Genesis 37:21
When Reuben heard this, he rescued Joseph from their hands, saying,“Let’s not take his life!”
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- Gen 42:22 : 22 Reuben said to them,“Didn’t I say to you,‘Don’t sin against the boy,’ but you wouldn’t listen? So now we must pay for shedding his blood!”
- Josh 10:28 : 28 Joshua Launches a Southern Campaign That day Joshua captured Makkedah and put the sword to it and its king. He annihilated everyone who lived in it; he left no survivors. He did to its king what he had done to the king of Jericho.
- Matt 10:28 : 28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
- Gen 9:5 : 5 For your lifeblood I will surely exact punishment, from every living creature I will exact punishment. From each person I will exact punishment for the life of the individual since the man was his relative.
- Gen 35:22 : 22 While Israel was living in that land, Reuben went to bed with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard about it.Jacob had twelve sons:
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22 Reuben continued,“Don’t shed blood! Throw him into this cistern that is here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.”(Reuben said this so he could rescue Joseph from them and take him back to his father.)
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18 Now Joseph’s brothers saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.
19 They said to one another,“Here comes this master of dreams!
20 Come now, let’s kill him, throw him into one of the cisterns, and then say that a wild animal ate him. Then we’ll see how his dreams turn out!”
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37 Then Reuben said to his father,“You may put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my care and I will bring him back to you.”
38 But Jacob replied,“My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If an accident happens to him on the journey you have to make, then you will bring down my gray hair in sorrow to the grave.”
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20 But you must bring your youngest brother to me. Then your words will be verified and you will not die.” They did as he said.
21 They said to one another,“Surely we’re being punished because of our brother, because we saw how distressed he was when he cried to us for mercy, but we refused to listen. That is why this distress has come on us!”
22 Reuben said to them,“Didn’t I say to you,‘Don’t sin against the boy,’ but you wouldn’t listen? So now we must pay for shedding his blood!”
23 (Now they did not know that Joseph could understand them, for he was speaking through an interpreter.)
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6 Blessing on Reuben May Reuben live and not die, and may his people multiply.
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29 Later Reuben returned to the cistern to find that Joseph was not in it! He tore his clothes,
30 returned to his brothers, and said,“The boy isn’t there! And I, where can I go?”
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26 Then Judah said to his brothers,“What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
27 Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let’s not lay a hand on him, for after all, he is our brother, our own flesh.” His brothers agreed.
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7 They answered him,“Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
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10 When he told his father and his brothers, his father rebuked him, saying,“What is this dream that you had? Will I, your mother, and your brothers really come and bow down to you?”
11 His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what Joseph said.
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1 Reuben’s Descendants The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn–(Now he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father’s bed, his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph, Israel’s son. So Reuben is not listed as firstborn in the genealogical records.
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4 But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said,“What if some accident happens to him?”
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7 They replied,“The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying,‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say,‘Bring your brother down’?”
8 Then Judah said to his father Israel,“Send the boy with me and we will go immediately. Then we will live and not die– we and you and our little ones.
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32 Then they brought the special tunic to their father and said,“We found this. Determine now whether it is your son’s tunic or not.”
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24 Then they took him and threw him into the cistern.(Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it.)
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17 But Joseph said,“Far be it from me to do this! The man in whose hand the cup was found will become my slave, but the rest of you may go back to your father in peace.”