Parallel Verses 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. Darby Bible Translation And Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not sin against the lad? But ye did not hearken; and now behold, his blood also is required. World English Bible Reuben answered them, saying, "Didn't I tell you, saying, 'Don't sin against the child,' and you wouldn't listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required." Young's Literal Translation And Reuben answereth them, saying, 'Spake I not unto you, saying, Sin not against the lad? and ye hearkened not; and his blood also, lo, it is required.' Genesis 42:22 Parallel Commentary Geneva Study BibleAnd 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 {g} blood is required. (g) God will take vengeance on us, and measure us with our own measure.Genesis 42:22 Parallel Commentaries Library The Upbringing of Jewish ChildrenThe tenderness of the bond which united Jewish parents to their children appears even in the multiplicity and pictorialness of the expressions by which the various stages of child-life are designated in the Hebrew. Besides such general words as "ben" and "bath"--"son" and "daughter"--we find no fewer than nine different terms, each depicting a fresh stage of life. The first of these simply designates the babe as the newly--"born"--the "jeled," or, in the feminine, "jaldah"--as in Exodus 2:3, 6, 8. … Alfred Edersheim—Sketches of Jewish Social Life Spiritual Hunger Shall be Satisfied Letter Xliv Concerning the Maccabees but to whom Written is Unknown. Cross References Genesis 9:5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. Genesis 9:6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. Genesis 37:21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him. Genesis 37:22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again. Genesis 42:23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter. Genesis 45:3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. Genesis 50:15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. Jump to Previous Attention Blood Boy Child Hear Hearken Lad Punishment Reckoning Required Reuben Sin Speak Wouldn't Wrong YoungJump to Next Attention Blood Boy Child Hear Hearken Lad Punishment Reckoning Required Reuben Sin Speak Wouldn't Wrong YoungLinks Genesis 42:22 NIVGenesis 42:22 NLT Genesis 42:22 ESV Genesis 42:22 NASB Genesis 42:22 KJV Genesis 42:22 Bible Apps Genesis 42:22 Biblia Paralela Genesis 42:22 Chinese Bible Genesis 42:22 French Bible Genesis 42:22 German Bible Genesis 42:22 Commentaries Bible Hub |