And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, Let us not take his life.
WEB
When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.
YLT
And Reuben heareth, and delivereth him out of their hand, and saith, `Let us not smite the life;'
DBT
And Reuben heard [it], and delivered him out of their hand, and said, Let us not take his life.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)