Verse 37

And 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;'

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 46:9 : 9 And sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
  • Mic 6:7 : 7 Is Jehovah pleased with thousands of rams? With myriads of streams of oil? Do I give my first-born `for' my transgression? The fruit of my body `for' the sin of my soul?
  • Gen 43:9 : 9 I -- 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;
  • Gen 44:32-34 : 32 for 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. 33 `And now, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the youth a servant to my lord, and the youth goeth up with his brethren, 34 for how do I go up unto my father, and the youth not with me? lest I look on the evil which doth find my father.'