Text -- Genesis 37:21 (NET)

37:21 When Reuben heard this, he rescued Joseph from their hands, saying, “Let’s not take his life!”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Gen 37:21

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.”