Genesis 37:22

The English Standar Version

And Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood; cast him into this pit here in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him" -- that he might rescue him out of their hand to restore him to his father.

Cross References

Acts 12:1

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

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;[2] see to it yourselves."

Deuteronomy 13:9

But you shall kill him. Your hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people.

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.

Genesis 42:22

And Reuben answered them, "Did I not tell you not to sin against the boy? But you did not listen. So now there comes a reckoning for his blood."

Genesis 22:12

He said, "Do not lay your hand on the boy 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 rescued 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 robe of many colors that he wore.

Jeremiah 36:25

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