Genesis 42:37

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Then Reuben said to his father, ‘You can kill my two sons if I don’t bring him back to you. Put him in my care,  and I will return him to you.’

Cross References

Micah 6:7

Would the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams or with ten thousand streams of oil? Should I give my firstborn for my transgression, the offspring of my body for my own sin?

Genesis 46:9

Reuben’s sons:  Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

Genesis 43:9

I will be responsible for him. You can hold me personally accountable!  If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, I will be guilty before you for ever.

Genesis 42:36

Their father Jacob said to them, ‘It’s me that you make childless. Joseph is gone, and Simeon is gone. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything happens to me! ’

Genesis 42:38

But Jacob answered, ‘My son will not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left.  If anything happens to him on your journey, you will bring my grey hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.’