Genesis 37:22

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and 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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 22:12 : 12 and He saith, `Put not forth thine hand unto the youth, nor do anything to him, for now I have known that thou art fearing God, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one, from Me.'
  • 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.'
  • Exod 24:11 : 11 and unto those of the sons of Israel who are near He hath not put forth His hand, and they see God, and eat and drink.
  • Deut 13:9 : 9 `But thou dost surely kill him; thy hand is on him, in the first place, to put him to death, and the hand of all the people last;
  • Matt 27:24 : 24 And Pilate having seen that it profiteth nothing, but rather a tumult is made, having taken water, he did wash the hands before the multitude, saying, `I am innocent from the blood of this righteous one; ye -- ye shall see;'
  • Acts 12:1 : 1 And about that time, Herod the king put forth his hands, to do evil to certain of those of the assembly,

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  • Gen 37:20-21
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    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.'

    21And Reuben heareth, and delivereth him out of their hand, and saith, `Let us not smite the life;'

  • Gen 42:36-38
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    36and Jacob their father saith unto them, `Me ye have bereaved; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and Benjamin ye take -- against me have been all these.'

    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 37:26-32
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    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.

    28And Midianite merchantmen pass by and they draw out and bring up Joseph out of the pit, and sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silverlings, and they bring Joseph into Egypt.

    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?'

    31And they take the coat of Joseph, and slaughter a kid of the goats, and dip the coat in the blood,

    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 42:22-23
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    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;

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    23And it cometh to pass, when Joseph hath come unto his brethren, that they strip Joseph of his coat, the long coat which `is' upon him,

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

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

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

  • Gen 37:18
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    18And they see him from afar, even before he draweth near unto them, and they conspire against him to put him to death.

  • Gen 37:10
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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?'

  • Gen 37:12
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    12And his brethren go to feed the flock of their father in Shechem,

  • Gen 44:17
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    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.'