21 (A)But when Reuben heard that, he delivered him out of their hands, and said, [a]Let us not kill him.

22 Also Reuben said unto them, Shed not blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him. Thus he said, that he might deliver him out of their hand, and restore him to his father.

23 ¶ Now when Joseph was come unto his brethren, they stripped Joseph out of his coat, his parti-colored coat that was upon him.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 37:21 Hebrew, let us not smite his life.

21 When Reuben(A) heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. “Let’s not take his life,” he said.(B) 22 “Don’t shed any blood. Throw him into this cistern(C) here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this to rescue him from them and take him back to his father.(D)

23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the ornate robe(E) he was wearing—

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