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Genesis 42:37 KJV
Genesis · chapter 42 · verse 37 · King James Version
And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.Genesis 42:37 · King James Version
Genesis 42:37 in context
35And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.
36And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
37And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
38And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Key words (Strong's)
- delivernâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- ReubenRᵉʼûwbênReuben, a son of JacobH7205 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- spakeʼâmarto sayH559 →
- bringbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- Slaymûwthto dieH4191 →
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