Lavan said to him, Surely you are my bone and my flesh. He lived with him for a month.
Genesis 37:27 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Come, and let's sell him to the Yishme`elim, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh.* His brothers listened to him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites [and Midianites, these mixed Arabians who are approaching], and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brothers consented. American Standard Version (1901) Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened unto him. Common English Bible Come on, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites. Let’s not harm him because he’s our brother; he’s family.” His brothers agreed. Catholic Public Domain Version It is better that he be sold to the Ishmaelites, and then our hands will not be defiled. For he is our brother and our flesh." His brothers agreed to his words. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version It is better that he be sold to the Ismaelites, and that our hands be not defiled: for he is our brother and our flesh. His brethren agreed to his words. |
Lavan said to him, Surely you are my bone and my flesh. He lived with him for a month.
Re'uven said to them, *Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him*--that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.
They said one to another, *We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn't listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us.*
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.
Why have you despised the word of the LORD, to do that which is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriyah the Chittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of `Ammon.
Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children as their children: and behold, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage [already]: neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.
I said to them, We after our ability have redeemed our brothers the Jews, that were sold to the nations; and would you even sell your brothers, and should they be sold to us? Then held they their shalom, and found never a word.
*Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
Notwithstanding, if he gets up after a day or two, he shall not be punished, for he is his property.
For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
and said, *What are you willing to give me, that I should deliver him to you?* They weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver.
for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;
and cinnamon, incense, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, sheep, horses, chariots, and people's bodies and souls.
Sha'ul said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merav, her will I give you as wife: only be valiant for me, and fight the LORD's battles. For Sha'ul said, Don't let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Pelishtim be on him.