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Genesis 37:21-23
The Voice
Genesis 37:21-23
The Voice
21 When Reuben heard the plan, he tried to help Joseph.
Reuben: Let’s not kill him. 22 We don’t need to shed any blood to be free of him. Let’s just toss him into some pit here in the wilderness. We don’t need to lay a hand on him.
Reuben thought perhaps he could secretly come back later and get Joseph out of the pit and take him home to their father before any more harm came to him.
The brothers agreed. 23 When Joseph arrived, they ripped his robe off of him—the fancy, colorful[a] robe he always wore that his father had made for him,
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- 37:23 Meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
Genesis 37:21-23
New International Version
Genesis 37:21-23
New International Version
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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