Genesis 37:21
“And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And Reuben said unto them, shed no blood,.... Innocent blood, as the Targum of Jonathan; the blood of a man, a brother's…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Genesis 37:1-36
- Joseph Was Sold into Egypt 17. דתין dotayı̂n Dothain, “two wells?” (Gesenius) 25. נכאת neko't “tragacanth” or…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Reuben heard it - Though Reuben appears to have been a transgressor of no ordinary magnitude, if we take Gen 35:22…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Genesis 37:12-22
Here is, I. The kind visit which Joseph, in obedience to his father's command, made to his brethren, who were feeding…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Reuben Reuben's name is probably here substituted by the Compiler (R) for that of Judah. Reuben speaks in Gen 37:37; and…
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