Genesis 37:22 - Modern English Version

²² Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood, but throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him,” so that he might rescue him out of their hands and deliver him to his father again.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit or well that is out here in the wilderness and lay no hand on him. He was trying to get Joseph out of their hands in order to rescue him and deliver him again to his father.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood; cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him: that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.

Common English Bible

²² Reuben said to them, “Don’t spill his blood! Throw him into this desert cistern, but don’t lay a hand on him.” He intended to save Joseph from them and take him back to his father.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² "Do not take away his life, nor shed blood. But throw him into this cistern, which is in the wilderness, and so keep your hands harmless." But he said this, wanting to rescue him from their hands, so as to return him to his father.

Genesis 37:22 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 22:12

Then He said, “Do not lay your hands on the boy or do anything to him, because now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your only son from Me.”

Genesis 37:21

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

Genesis 37:23

When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph of his coat—his coat of many colors that he had on.

Genesis 42:22

Reuben answered them, saying, “Did I not speak to you, saying, ‘Do not sin against the boy’; and you would not listen? Therefore, his blood is now required of us.”

Exodus 24:11

He did not lay His hand upon the nobles of the Israelites. Also they saw God, and they ate and they drank.

Jeremiah 36:25

Although Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah entreated the king not to burn the scroll, yet he would not listen to them.

Matthew 27:24

When Pilate saw that he could not prevail, but rather that unrest was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous Man. See to it yourselves.”

Acts 12:1

About that time King Herod extended his hands to harm certain ones from the church.

Deuteronomy 13:9

but you must surely kill him. Your hand must be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards, the hand of all the people.