Genesis 37:21
| NET© | When Reuben heard this, he rescued Joseph 1 from their hands, 2 saying, 3 “Let’s not take his life!” 4 |
| NIV© | When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. "Let’s not take his life," he said. |
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| NASB© | But Reuben heard this and rescued him out of their hands and said, "Let us not take his life." |
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| NLT© | But Reuben came to Joseph’s rescue. "Let’s not kill him," he said. |
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| MSG© | Reuben heard the brothers talking and intervened to save him, "We're not going to kill him. |
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| BBE© | But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life. |
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| NRSV© | But when Reuben heard it, he delivered him out of their hands, saying, "Let us not take his life." |
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| NKJV© | But Reuben heard it , and he delivered him out of their hands, and said, "Let us not kill him." |
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| KJV | And Reuben <07205> heard <08085> (8799) [it], and he delivered <05337> (8686) him out of their hands <03027>; and said <0559> (8799), Let us not kill <05221> (8686) <05315> him. |
| NASB© | But Reuben <07205> heard <08085> this and rescued <05337> him out of their hands <03027> and said <0559>, "Let us not take <05221> his life <05315>." |
| Hebrew | <05315> spn <05221> wnkn <03808> al <0559> rmayw <03027> Mdym <05337> whluyw <07205> Nbwar <08085> emsyw |
| NET© [draft] ITL | |
| NET© | When Reuben heard this, he rescued Joseph 1 from their hands, 2 saying, 3 “Let’s not take his life!” 4 |
| NET© Notes |
1 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity. 2 sn From their hands. The instigators of this plot may have been the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah (see v. 2). 3 tn Heb “and he said.” 4 tn Heb “we must not strike him down [with respect to] life.” |
