KJV King James Version
And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
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Genesis 42:22
And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Reuben responded, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would not listen. Now we must account for his blood!”
WEB World English Bible
Reuben answered them, saying, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘Don’t sin against the child,’ and you wouldn’t listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required.”
ASV American Standard Version
And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore also, behold, his blood is required.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Reuben answereth them, saying, ‘Spake I not unto you, saying, Sin not against the lad? and ye hearkened not; and his blood also, lo, it is required.’
Surrounding context — Genesis 42
19 If ye [be] true [men], let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
20 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
21 And they said one to another, We [are] verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
23 And they knew not that Joseph understood [them]; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
25 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man’s money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.
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וַיַּעַן֩H6030 · unto dwellרְאוּבֵ֨ןH7205 · re.u.venReubenאֹתָ֜םH853 · et[Obj.]לֵאמֹ֗רH559 · a.marto sayהֲלוֹא֩H3808 · lonotאָמַ֨רְתִּיH559 · a.marto sayאֲלֵיכֶ֧ם׀H413 · elto(wards)לֵאמֹ֛רH559 · a.marto sayאַל־H408 · alnotתֶּחֶטְא֥וּH2398 · cha.tato sinבַיֶּ֖לֶדH3206 · ye.ledyouthוְלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotשְׁמַעְתֶּ֑םH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearוְגַם־H1571 · gamalsoדָּמ֖וֹH1818 · dambloodהִנֵּ֥הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdנִדְרָֽשׁ׃H1875 · da.rashto seek
Cross-references
1 Kings 2:32And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing [thereof, to wit], Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.Psalm 9:12When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.2 Chronicles 24:22Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon [it], and require [it].Genesis 37:21-22And Reuben heard [it], and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.Genesis 9:5-6And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.Luke 11:50-51That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;Genesis 37:29-30And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph [was] not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.Acts 28:4And when the barbarians saw the [venomous] beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.Luke 23:41And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.Revelation 13:10He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.Romans 2:15Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and [their] thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)Ezekiel 3:18When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked [man] shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.Genesis 4:10And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.Revelation 16:9And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
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