Genesis 42:37 - Easy To Read Version

³⁷ But Reuben said to his father, “Father, you may kill my two sons if I don’t bring Benjamin back to you. Trust me. I will bring Benjamin back to you.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁷ And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁷ And Reuben said to his father, Slay my two sons if I do not bring [Benjamin] back to you. Deliver him into my keeping, and I will bring him back to you.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁷ And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.

Common English Bible

³⁷ Reuben said to his father, “You may put both of my sons to death if I don’t bring him back to you. Make him my responsibility, and I will make sure he returns to you.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁷ And Reuben answered him, "Put my two sons to death, if I do not lead him back to you. Deliver him into my hand, and I will restore him to you."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁷ And Ruben answered him: Kill my two sons, if I bring him not again to thee. Deliver him unto my hand, and I will restore him to thee.

Genesis 42:37 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 42:36

Jacob said to them, “Do you want me to lose all of my children? Joseph is gone. Simeon is gone. And now you want to take Benjamin away too!”

Genesis 42:38

But Jacob said, “I will not let Benjamin go with you. His brother is dead, and he is the only son left from my wife Rachel. It would kill me if anything happened to him during the trip to Egypt. You would send me to the grave [244] a very sad, old man.”

Genesis 43:9

I will make sure he is safe. I will be responsible for him. If I don’t bring him back to you, then you can blame me forever.

Genesis 46:9

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

Micah 6:7

Will the Lord be pleased\par with 1,000 rams or 10,000 rivers of oil?\par Should I give my first child\par as payment for my crimes?\par Should I give the child\par that came from my body\par as payment for my sins?\par