Genesis 42:22

And Reuben answered them, saying, Did not I tell you, saying, Do not sin against the youth? But you, would not hearken. Thus, behold, his blood is required.

Targum Onkelos

In The 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.

In Context

21And they said, a man to his brother, We are verily guilty concerning our brother; that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he implored us, and we would not hearken to him: therefore is this distress come upon us.

23But they knew not that Joseph heard; for there was an interpreter between them.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:10And He said, What hast thou done? The voice of the blood of generations which were to come from thy brother complaineth before Me, from the earth!

Genesis 9:6Whoso sheddeth the blood of man, by witnesses, upon the sentence of the judges, his blood shall be shed; because in the image of the Lord made He man.

Genesis 37:29And Reuben returned to the pit, and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit. And he rent his clothes,

Matthew Henry on Genesis 42:22-29

Reflections of Joseph's Brethren. ( b. c. 1706.) 21 And 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. 22 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. 23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter. 24 And… Read the whole commentary →

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