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Genesis Chapter 37 verse 21 Holy Bible

ASV Genesis 37:21

And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, Let us not take his life.
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BBE Genesis 37:21

But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life.
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DARBY Genesis 37:21

And Reuben heard [it], and delivered him out of their hand, and said, Let us not take his life.
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KJV Genesis 37:21

And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
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WBT Genesis 37:21

And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him from their hands: and said, Let us not kill him.
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WEB Genesis 37:21

Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, "Let's not take his life."
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YLT Genesis 37:21

And Reuben heareth, and delivereth him out of their hand, and saith, `Let us not smite the life;'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 21, 22. - And Reuben (the eldest son, and therefore probably regarding himself as in some degree responsible for Joseph's safety) heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him - literally, Let us not destroy his life (nephesh). And Reuben said (further) unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness (i.e. into a dry pit that was near), and lay no hand upon him; that (the adverb indicates the purpose Reuben had in view) he might rid him (translated above deliver him) out of their hands, to deliver him (or, more correctly, to return him) to his father again.

Ellicott's Commentary