Genesis 37:22

Revised Standard Version

And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood; cast him into this pit here in the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him”—that he might rescue him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.

Cross References

Genesis 22:12

He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”

Genesis 37:21

But when Reuben heard it, he delivered him out of their hands, saying, “Let us not take his life.”

Genesis 37:23

So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the long robe with sleeves that he wore;

Genesis 42:22

And Reuben answered them, “Did I not tell you not to sin against the lad? But you would not listen. So now there comes a reckoning for his blood.”

Exodus 24:11

And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld God, and ate and drank.

Jeremiah 36:25

Even when Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.

Matthew 27:24

So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves.”

Acts 12:1

About that time Herod the king laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church.

Deuteronomy 13:9

but you shall kill him; your hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.