Genesis 37:21

And Reuben heard [it], and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

And Reuben {H7205} heard {H8085} it, and he delivered {H5337} him out of their hands {H3027}; and said {H559}, Let us not kill {H5221}{H5315} him.

But when Re'uven heard this, he saved him from being destroyed by them. He said, "We shouldn't take his life.

When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.

And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, Let us not take his life.

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Cross-References

  • Genesis 42:22 (5 votes)

    And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.

  • Matthew 10:28 (2 votes)

    And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

  • Genesis 9:5 (2 votes)

    And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.

  • Joshua 10:28 (2 votes)

    ¶ And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that [were] therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho.

  • Genesis 35:22 (2 votes)

    And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard [it]. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: