Genesis 37:21 - English Standard Version 2016

²¹ But when Reuben heard it, he rescued him out of their hands, saying, “Let us not take his life.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Now Reuben heard it and he delivered him out of their hands by saying, Let us not kill him.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, Let us not take his life.

Common English Bible

²¹ When Reuben heard what they said, he saved him from them, telling them, “Let’s not take his life.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ But Reuben, on hearing this, strove to free him from their hands, and he said:

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ And Ruben hearing this, endeavoured to deliver him out of their hands, and said:

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Genesis 35:22

While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine. And Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

Genesis 37:22

And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood; throw 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.

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 9:5

And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: from every beast I will require it and from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man.

Matthew 10:28

And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Joshua 10:28

As for Makkedah, Joshua captured it on that day and struck it, and its king, with the edge of the sword. He devoted to destruction every person in it; he left none remaining. And he did to the king of Makkedah just as he had done to the king of Jericho.