Genesis 37:21 - Plain English Version

²¹ But Joseph’s oldest brother Reuben, he heard his brothers say those things, and he wanted to save Joseph. So Reuben said, “No. We can’t kill him.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Now Reuben heard it and he delivered him out of their hands by saying, Let us not kill him.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, Let us not take his life.

Common English Bible

²¹ When Reuben heard what they said, he saved him from them, telling them, “Let’s not take his life.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ But Reuben, on hearing this, strove to free him from their hands, and he said:

Genesis 37:21 Referencias Cruzadas

Genesis 42:22

Then Joseph’s oldest brother Reuben, he said to the others, “You know, I told you mob not to hurt Joseph, but you didn’t listen to me. And look, now God is doing payback to us.”

Matthew 10:28

Don’t be frightened of those people that can only kill your body. They can’t kill your soul. But you have to listen to God. If you don’t do what he says, you have to be frightened. He can finish up your body, and then he can also finish up your soul too, in that bad place called hell.

Genesis 35:22

While they were living there, Jacob’s son Reuben went to the woman called Bilhah. Bilhah worked for Jacob’s family, and she was like another wife for Jacob. And Reuben slept with Bilhah, like a man sleeps with his wife. Then somebody told Jacob that Reuben did that bad thing. These are the names of Jacob’s 12 sons.

Genesis 9:5

And I will punish anyone and anything that kills a person dead. If an animal kills somebody, it has to die. And it is the same for a person that kills another person, that murderer has to die.

Genesis 37:22

Then Reuben said to his brothers, “Don’t murder Joseph. Just chuck him into one of those big holes in the ground, here in the desert. Don’t hurt him yourselves, just leave him there to die.” You see, Reuben wanted to save Joseph from his brothers. He thought, “Later on, I will pull Joseph out of that hole, and I will take him home to our father.”