Genesis 42:37
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.”
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- Gen 46:9 : 9 The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
- Mic 6:7 : 7 Will the LORD accept a thousand rams, or ten thousand streams of olive oil? Should I give him my firstborn child as payment for my rebellion, my offspring– my own flesh and blood– for my sin?
- Gen 43:9 : 9 I myself pledge security for him; you may hold me liable. If I do not bring him back to you and place him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life.
- Gen 44:32-34 : 32 Indeed, your servant pledged security for the boy with my father, saying,‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I will bear the blame before my father all my life.’ 33 “So now, please let your servant remain as my lord’s slave instead of the boy. As for the boy, let him go back with his brothers. 34 For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see my father’s pain.”
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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.”
- Gen 37:20-223 verses82%
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!”
21 When Reuben heard this, he rescued Joseph from their hands, saying,“Let’s not take his life!”
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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36 Their father Jacob said to them,“You are making me childless! Joseph is gone. Simeon is gone. And now you want to take Benjamin! Everything is against me.”
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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!”
- Gen 44:29-324 verses77%
29 If you take this one from me too and an accident happens to him, then you will bring down my gray hair in tragedy to the grave.’
30 “So now, when I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us– his very life is bound up in his son’s life.
31 When he sees the boy is not with us, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father in sorrow to the grave.
32 Indeed, your servant pledged security for the boy with my father, saying,‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I will bear the blame before my father all my life.’
- Gen 43:7-93 verses76%
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.
9 I myself pledge security for him; you may hold me liable. If I do not bring him back to you and place him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life.
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14 May the Sovereign God grant you mercy before the man so that he may release your other brother and Benjamin! As for me, if I lose my children I lose them.”
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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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34 For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see my father’s pain.”
- Gen 44:21-233 verses76%
21 “Then you told your servants,‘Bring him down to me so I can see him.’
22 We said to my lord,‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die.’
23 But you said to your servants,‘If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.’
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13 So tell my father about all my honor in Egypt and about everything you have seen. But bring my father down here quickly!”
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27 “Then your servant my father said to us,‘You know that my wife gave me two sons.
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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.
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9 Joseph said to his father,“They are the sons God has given me in this place.” His father said,“Bring them to me so I may bless them.”
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29 They returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan and told him all the things that had happened to them, saying,
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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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5 ‘My father made me swear an oath. He said,“I am about to die. Bury me in my tomb that I dug for myself there in the land of Canaan.” Now let me go and bury my father; then I will return.’”
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32 We are from a family of twelve brothers; we are the sons of one father. One is no longer alive, and the youngest is with our father at this time in the land of Canaan.’
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34 But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give your brother back to you and you may move about freely in the land.’”