Genesis 37:21

NETBible

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.

NASB ©

But Reuben heard this and rescued him out of their hands and said, "Let us not take his life."

NLT ©

But Reuben came to Joseph’s rescue. "Let’s not kill him," he said.

MSG ©

Reuben heard the brothers talking and intervened to save him, "We're not going to kill him.

BBE ©

But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life.

NRSV ©

But when Reuben heard it, he delivered him out of their hands, saying, "Let us not take his life."

NKJV ©

But Reuben heard it , and he delivered him out of their hands, and said, "Let us not kill him."

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
<7205>
heard
<8085>

this
and rescued
<5337>
him out of their hands
<3027>
and said
<559>
, "Let us not take
<5221>
his life
<5315>
."
LXXM
akousav
<191> 
V-AAPNS
de
<1161> 
PRT
roubhn {N-PRI} exeilato
<1807> 
V-AMI-3S
auton
<846> 
D-ASM
ek
<1537> 
PREP
twn
<3588> 
T-GPF
ceirwn
<5495> 
N-GPF
autwn
<846> 
D-GPM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
eipen {V-AAI-3S} ou
<3364> 
ADV
pataxomen
<3960> 
V-FAI-1P
auton
<846> 
D-ASM
eiv
<1519> 
PREP
quchn
<5590> 
N-ASF
NET [draft] ITL
When Reuben
<07205>
heard
<08085>
this, he rescued
<05337>
Joseph from their hands
<03027>
, saying
<0559>
, “Let’s not
<03808>
take
<05221>
his life
<05315>
!”
HEBREW
spn
<05315>
wnkn
<05221>
al
<03808>
rmayw
<0559>
Mdym
<03027>
whluyw
<05337>
Nbwar
<07205>
emsyw (37:21)
<08085>
NETBible

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.”