Génesis 37:22

22 ¿Para qué derramar sangre? Solo tirémoslo en esta cisterna vacía, aquí en el desierto. Entonces morirá sin que le pongamos una mano encima.
Rubén tenía pensado rescatar a José y devolverlo a su padre.

Génesis 37:22 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 37:22

And Reuben said unto them, shed no blood
Innocent blood, as the Targum of Jonathan; the blood of a man, a brother's blood, one that had not done anything wherefore it should be shed, and which would involve in guilt, and bring vengeance on them: he seems to put them in mind of the original law in ( Genesis 9:6 ) ;

[but] cast him into this pit that [is] in the wilderness, and lay no
hand upon him:
which might seem to answer the same purpose, namely, by depriving him of his life in another way, by starving him; but this was not Reuben's intention, as appears by the next clause, and by his going to the pit afterwards, as it should seem, with a view to take him out of it privately; this advice he gave,

that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father
again;
safe and sound, in order, as it is thought by many interpreters, to reconcile his father to him, whose bed he had abused.

Génesis 37:22 In-Context

20 Vamos, matémoslo y tirémoslo en una de esas cisternas. Podemos decirle a nuestro padre: “Un animal salvaje se lo comió”. ¡Entonces veremos en qué quedan sus sueños!

21 Pero cuando Rubén oyó el plan, trató de salvar a José.
—No lo matemos —dijo—.

22 ¿Para qué derramar sangre? Solo tirémoslo en esta cisterna vacía, aquí en el desierto. Entonces morirá sin que le pongamos una mano encima.
Rubén tenía pensado rescatar a José y devolverlo a su padre.

23 Entonces, cuando llegó José, sus hermanos le quitaron la hermosa túnica que llevaba puesta.

24 Después lo agarraron y lo tiraron en la cisterna. Resulta que la cisterna estaba vacía; no tenía nada de agua adentro.