Genesis 37:22 - Tree of Life Version

²² In order to rescue him from their hand and to return him to his father, Reuben said to them, “Don’t shed blood! Throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him!”

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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 reach out your hand against the young man—do nothing to him at all. For now I know that you are one who fears God—you did not withhold your son, your only son, from Me.”

Genesis 37:21

But Reuben heard and rescued him out of their hands, saying, “We must not beat him to death.”

Genesis 37:23

So as soon as Joseph came up to his brothers they stripped Joseph of his tunic (the long sleeved tunic that he had on).

Genesis 42:22

Reuben answered them and said, “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t sin against the boy’? But you didn’t listen. Now, see how his blood is now being accounted for.”

Exodus 24:11

Yet He did not raise His hand against the nobles of Bnei-Yisrael. So they beheld God, and ate and drank.

Jeremiah 36:25

Moreover Elnatan, Delaiah and Gemariah entreated the king not to burn the megillah , but he would not listen to them.

Matthew 27:24

When Pilate saw he was accomplishing nothing, but instead a riot was starting, he took some water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. “I am innocent of this blood,” he said. “You see to it yourselves!”

Acts 12:1

Now at that time Herod the king seized some from Messiah’s community to do them harm.

Deuteronomy 13:9

You are not to give in or listen to him, your eye is not to pity him, and you are not to spare or conceal him.