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Genesis 42:22

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.

KJV

E quibus unus Ruben, ait : Numquid non dixi vobis : Nolite peccare in puerum : et non audistis me ? en sanguis ejus exquiritur.

Vulgate

ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ Ῥουβὴν εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Οὐκ ἐλάλησα ὑμῖν λέγων Μὴ ἀδικήσητε τὸ παιδάριον; καὶ οὐκ εἰσηκούσατέ μου· καὶ ἰδοὺ τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ ἐκζητεῖται.

LXX

And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore also, behold, his blood is required.

ASV

וַ/יַּעַן֩ רְאוּבֵ֨ן אֹתָ֜/ם לֵ/אמֹ֗ר הֲ/לוֹא֩ אָמַ֨רְתִּי אֲלֵי/כֶ֧ם לֵ/אמֹ֛ר אַל תֶּחֶטְא֥וּ בַ/יֶּ֖לֶד וְ/לֹ֣א שְׁמַעְתֶּ֑ם וְ/גַם דָּמ֖/וֹ הִנֵּ֥ה נִדְרָֽשׁ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
הֶחֱטִ֖יא
hchty'
verb · 237×
הוּ
hv
verb · 165×
וֹ
v
noun · 356×
יְלָדִים֙
yldym
noun · 89×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נִי
ny
verb · 325×
רְאוּבֵ֔ן
r'vbn
proper_noun · 72×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 2:32 — And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son
  • 1Sam 19:4 — And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have b
  • 2Chr 24:22 — Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.
  • Acts 27:21 — But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.
  • Ezek 3:18 — When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity
  • Ezek 33:6 — But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood
  • Gen 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.
  • Gen 29:32 — And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
  • Gen 37:21 — And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
  • Gen 37:21 — And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
  • Luke 11:50 — That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
  • Ps 9:12 — When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.