Genesis 42:22

Translations

Modern

And Reuben responded, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would not listen. Now we must account for his blood!”

Traditional

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.

Literal

And Reuben answered them, saying, “Did I not speak to you, saying, ‘Do not sin against the boy’? and you did not listen! And also, his blood, behold, it is required.”

Latin

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

Original

Hebrew

English

And Reuben responded, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would not listen. Now we must account for his blood!”

Notes

Genesis 42:22

you would not listen: Reuben had lost his place as leader (see study notes on 42:37; 49:3–4).

Genesis 42:21–23

Surely we are being punished: The brothers believed that God was punishing them. They thought this because they now had to bring Benjamin to Egypt, even though their father did not want this. They connected this trouble with their past sin of selling Joseph to traders.

They began to see this as divine punishment (God judging wrong actions). The fear of divine punishment began to cause feelings of guilt that Joseph's cries for mercy and their father's tears had failed to produce (37:34–35).

Genesis 42:1–44:34

Joseph did several unusual things to his brothers when they came looking for grain. The last time Joseph had been with them, they were filled with jealousy, hatred, and anger; they attempted to destroy their brother, and they deceived their father. Joseph put them through various tests, similar to the trying situations they had put him through, to see if they had changed.

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Joseph Symbolic Numbers

Events

7 years of faminec. 1708 BC
Joseph's brothers go to Egyptc. 1707 BC

Related verses

Psalm 9:12
For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
1 Kings 2:32
The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
2 Chronicles 24:22
Thus King Joash failed to remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him. Instead, Joash killed Jehoiada’s son. As he lay dying, Zechariah said, “May the LORD see this and call you to account.”
Genesis 37:21–22
When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.
Luke 11:50–51
As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,
Genesis 9:5–6
And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:
Ezekiel 3:18
If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood.
Luke 23:41
We are punished justly, for we are receiving what our actions deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”
Romans 2:15
So they show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending them
Revelation 16:9
And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues. Yet they did not repent and give Him glory.
Genesis 4:10
“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.
Acts 28:4
When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”

People

Reuben: Firstborn son of Jacob and Leah

Glossary

Benjamin (Person) Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Famine Genesis, Book of Jacob Patriarchs, Period of the Reuben (Person) Wheat

Topics

Chiding: Reuben Chides his Brothers for Their Treatment of Joseph Commerce: Carried on by Egyptians Commerce: Egyptians Conviction: Joseph's Brother, on Account of Their Cruelty to Joseph Reuben: Adroitly Seeks to Save Joseph from the Conspiracy of his Brothers

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