Genesis 42:22

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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.'

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  • 1 Kgs 2:32 : 32 and Jehovah hath turned back his blood on his own head, who hath fallen on two men more righteous and better than he, and slayeth them with the sword, -- and my father David knew not -- Abner son of Ner, head of the host of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, head of the host of Judah;
  • 2 Chr 24:22 : 22 and Joash the king hath not remembered the kindness that Jehoiada his father did with him, and slayeth his son, and in his death he said, `Jehovah doth see, and require.'
  • Ps 9:12 : 12 For He who is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.
  • Gen 37:21-22 : 21 And Reuben heareth, and delivereth him out of their hand, and saith, `Let us not smite the life;' 22 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.
  • Gen 9:5-6 : 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; 6 whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.
  • Luke 11:50-51 : 50 that the blood of all the prophets, that is being poured forth from the foundation of the world, may be required from this generation; 51 from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yes, I say to you, It shall be required from this generation.
  • Luke 23:41 : 41 and we indeed righteously, for things worthy of what we did we receive back, but this one did nothing out of place;'
  • Acts 28:4 : 4 And when the foreigners saw the beast hanging from his hand, they said unto one another, `Certainly this man is a murderer, whom, having been saved out of the sea, the justice did not suffer to live;'
  • Rom 2:15 : 15 who do shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also witnessing with them, and between one another the thoughts accusing or else defending,
  • Rev 13:10 : 10 if any one a captivity doth gather, into captivity he doth go away; if any one by sword doth kill, it behoveth him by sword to be killed; here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.
  • Rev 16:9 : 9 and men were scorched with great heat, and they did speak evil of the name of God, who hath authority over these plagues, and they did not reform -- to give to Him glory.
  • Gen 4:10 : 10 And He saith, `What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying unto Me from the ground;
  • Gen 37:29-30 : 29 And Reuben returneth unto the pit, and lo, Joseph is not in the pit, and he rendeth his garments, 30 and he returneth unto his brethren, and saith, `The lad is not, and I -- whither am I going?'
  • Ezek 3:18 : 18 In My saying to the wicked: Thou dost surely die; and thou hast not warned him, nor hast spoken to warn the wicked from his wicked way, so that he doth live; he -- the wicked -- in his iniquity dieth, and his blood from thy hand I require.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 42:20-21
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    82%

    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.'

  • 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 37:20-22
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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;'

    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 42:23-24
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    78%

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

    24and he turneth round from them, and weepeth, and turneth back unto them, and speaketh unto them, and taketh from them Simeon, and bindeth him before their eyes.

  • Gen 37:26-27
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    74%

    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 37:29-32
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    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 50:17
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    17Thus ye do say to Joseph, I pray thee, bear, I pray thee, with the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for they have done thee evil; and now, bear, we pray thee, with the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father;' and Joseph weepeth in their speaking unto him.

  • Gen 50:15
    72%

    15And the brethren of Joseph see that their father is dead, and say, `Peradventure Joseph doth hate us, and doth certainly return to us all the evil which we did with him.'

  • Gen 44:32
    72%

    32for thy servant obtained the youth by surety from my father, saying, If I bring him not in unto thee -- then I have sinned against my father all the days.

  • Matt 27:4
    72%

    4`I did sin, having delivered up innocent blood;' and they said, `What -- to us? thou shalt see!'

  • Gen 42:14
    72%

    14And Joseph saith unto them, `This `is' that which I have spoken unto you, saying, Ye `are' spies,

  • Gen 43:6-7
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    6And Israel saith, `Why did ye evil to me, by declaring to the man that ye had yet a brother?'

    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?'

  • Gen 44:7
    71%

    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 44:15
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    15and Joseph saith to them, `What `is' this deed that ye have done? have ye not known that a man like me doth diligently observe?'

  • Gen 4:10
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    10And He saith, `What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying unto Me from the ground;

  • Gen 43:3
    71%

    3And Judah speaketh unto him, saying, `The man protesting protested to us, saying, Ye do not see my face without your brother `being' with you;

  • Gen 42:29
    70%

    29And they come in unto Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and they declare to him all the things meeting them, saying,

  • Gen 43:9
    70%

    9I -- I am surety `for' him, from my hand thou dost require him; if I have not brought him in unto thee, and set him before thee -- then I have sinned against thee all the days;