Chuàngshìjì 37:21

21 Liúbiàn tīngjian le , yào jiù tā tuōlí tāmende shǒu , shuō , wǒmen bùkĕ haì tāde xìngméng .

Chuàngshìjì 37:21 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 37:21

And Reuben heard [it]
Overheard what they said, not being in the consultation; perhaps knowing his temper and disposition to be more mild and gentle, and being the elder brother, might fear he would overrule matters against them, and therefore Simeon and Levi did not choose to have him in the debate; or he might be at some distance and entirely absent when the consultation was held, and their intention was reported to him by some of them:

and he delivered him out of their hands;
from slaying him; that is, he endeavoured to do it by proposing another scheme:

and said, let us not kill him;
or let us not smite the soul ^F20; the dear soul, or take away life.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 (vpn wnkn al) "ne percutiamus vel occidamus animam", Sam. Ar. Syr.

Chuàngshìjì 37:21 In-Context

19 Bǐcǐ shuō , nǐ kàn . nà zuòmèng de lái le .

20 Lái ba . wǒmen jiāng tā shā le , diū zaì yī gè kēng lǐ , jiù shuō yǒu è shòu bǎ tā chī le . wǒmen qiĕ kàn tāde mèng jiānglái zĕnmeyàng .

21 Liúbiàn tīngjian le , yào jiù tā tuōlí tāmende shǒu , shuō , wǒmen bùkĕ haì tāde xìngméng .

22 Yòu shuō , bùkĕ liú tāde xiĕ , kĕyǐ bǎ tā diū zaì zhè yĕdì de kēng lǐ , bùkĕ xià shǒu haì tā . Liúbiàn de yìsi shì yào jiù tā tuōlí tāmende shǒu , bǎ tā guī hái tāde fùqin .

23 Yūesè dào le tā gēge men nàli , tāmen jiù bō le tāde waìyī , jiù shì tā chuān de nà jiàn cǎi yǐ ,