Genesis 42:37

Bible in Basic English 1965

And Reuben said, Put my two sons to death if I do not come back to you with him; let him be in my care and I will give him safely back to you.

Cross References

Genesis 42:36

And Jacob their father said to them, You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone, and now you would take Benjamin away; all these things have come on me.

Genesis 42:38

And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: if evil overtakes him on the journey, then through you will my grey head go down to the underworld in sorrow.

Genesis 43:9

Put him into my care and make me responsible for him: if I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.

Genesis 46:9

And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch and Pallu and Hezron and Carmi;

Micah 6:7

Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of sheep or with ten thousand rivers of oil? am I to give my first child for my wrongdoing, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?