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Genesis 37:21-24
New International Version
Genesis 37:21-24
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— 24 and they took him and threw him into the cistern.(F) The cistern was empty; there was no water in it.
Genesis 37:21-24
King James Version
Genesis 37:21-24
King James Version
21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
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.
23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
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