Genesis 37:21

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And Reuben heareth, and delivereth him out of their hand, and saith, `Let us not smite the life;'

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  • Gen 42:22 : 22 And Reuben answereth them, saying, `Spake I not unto you, saying, Sin not against the lad? and ye hearkened not; and his blood also, lo, it is required.'
  • Josh 10:28 : 28 And Makkedah hath Joshua captured on that day, and he smiteth it by the mouth of the sword, and its king he hath devoted, them and every person who `is' in it -- he hath not left a remnant; and he doth to the king of Makkedah as he did to the king of Jericho.
  • Matt 10:28 : 28 `And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.
  • Gen 9:5 : 5 `And only your blood for your lives do I require; from the hand of every living thing I require it, and from the hand of man, from the hand of every man's brother I require the life of man;
  • Gen 35:22 : 22 and it cometh to pass in Israel's dwelling in that land, that Reuben goeth, and lieth with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heareth.

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  • Gen 37:22
    90%

    22and Reuben saith unto them, `Shed no blood; cast him into this pit which `is' in the wilderness, and put not forth a hand upon him,' -- in order to deliver him out of their hand, to bring him back unto his father.

  • Gen 37:18-20
    3 verses
    81%

    18And they see him from afar, even before he draweth near unto them, and they conspire against him to put him to death.

    19And they say one unto another, `Lo, this man of the dreams cometh;

    20and now, come, and we slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and have said, An evil beast hath devoured him; and we see what his dreams are.'

  • Gen 42:37-38
    2 verses
    80%

    37And Reuben speaketh unto his father, saying, `My two sons thou dost put to death, if I bring him not in unto thee; give him into my hand, and I -- I bring him back unto thee;'

    38and he saith, `My son doth not go down with you, for his brother `is' dead, and he by himself is left; when mischief hath met him in the way in which ye go, then ye have brought down my grey hairs in sorrow to sheol.'

  • Gen 42:20-23
    4 verses
    79%

    20and your young brother ye bring unto me, and your words are established, and ye die not;' and they do so.

    21And they say one unto another, `Verily we `are' guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication unto us, and we did not hearken: therefore hath this distress come upon us.'

    22And Reuben answereth them, saying, `Spake I not unto you, saying, Sin not against the lad? and ye hearkened not; and his blood also, lo, it is required.'

    23And they have not known that Joseph understandeth, for the interpreter `is' between them;

  • Deut 33:6
    76%

    6Let Reuben live, and not die, And let his men be a number.

  • Gen 37:29-30
    2 verses
    76%

    29And Reuben returneth unto the pit, and lo, Joseph is not in the pit, and he rendeth his garments,

    30and he returneth unto his brethren, and saith, `The lad is not, and I -- whither am I going?'

  • Gen 37:26-27
    2 verses
    75%

    26And Judah saith unto his brethren, `What gain when we slay our brother, and have concealed his blood?

    27Come, and we sell him to the Ishmaelites, and our hands are not on him, for he `is' our brother -- our flesh;' and his brethren hearken.

  • Gen 44:7
    69%

    7and they say unto him, `Why doth my lord speak according to these words? far be it from thy servants to do according to this word;

  • Gen 37:10-11
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    10And he recounteth unto his father, and unto his brethren; and his father pusheth against him, and saith to him, `What `is' this dream which thou hast dreamt? do we certainly come -- I, and thy mother, and thy brethren -- to bow ourselves to thee, to the earth?'

    11and his brethren are zealous against him, and his father hath watched the matter.

  • 1 Chr 5:1
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    1As to sons of Reuben, first-born of Israel -- for he `is' the first-born, and on account of his profaning the couch of his father hath his birthright been given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, and `he is' not to be reckoned by genealogy for the birthright,

  • Gen 42:4
    68%

    4and Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob hath not sent with his brethren, for he said, `Lest mischief meet him.'

  • Gen 43:7-8
    2 verses
    68%

    7and they say, `The man asked diligently concerning us, and concerning our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye a brother? and we declare to him according to the tenor of these things; do we certainly know that he will say, Bring down your brother?'

    8And Judah saith unto Israel his father, `Send the youth with me, and we arise, and go, and live, and do not die, both we, and thou, and our infants.

  • Gen 37:32
    68%

    32and send the long coat, and they bring `it' in unto their father, and say, `This have we found; discern, we pray thee, whether it `is' thy son's coat or not?'

  • Gen 37:24
    68%

    24and take him and cast him into the pit, and the pit `is' empty, there is no water in it.

  • Gen 44:17
    68%

    17and he saith, `Far be it from me to do this; the man in whose hand the cup hath been found, he becometh my servant; and ye, go ye up in peace unto your father.'