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Genesis 42:22 KJV
Genesis · chapter 42 · verse 22 · 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.Genesis 42:22 · King James Version
Genesis 42:22 in context
20But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
21And 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.
22And 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.
23And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
24And 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.
Key words (Strong's)
- answeredʻânâhproperly, to eye or to heedH6030 →
- ReubenRᵉʼûwbênReuben, a son of JacobH7205 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- childyeledsomething bornH3206 →
- blooddâmblood of man or an animalH1818 →
- hearshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
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