Genesis 37:22
Douay-Rheims
Do not take away his life, nor shed his blood: but cast him into this pit, that is in the wilderness, and keep your hands harmless: now he said this, being desirous to deliver him out of their hands and to restore him to his father.
Francis Patrick Kenrick
Ruben probably withdrew from the place in the hope of leading his brothers away from it, and affording some chance for escape, or rescue. On his return he feared he had been made away with, and felt that on himself especially, as the eldest son. the responsibility devolved of accounting to bis father.
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1863 · Genesis 37:22
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.