Génesis 37:22

22 No derramen sangre. Arrójenlo en esta cisterna en el desierto, pero no le pongan la mano encima.Rubén dijo esto porque su intención era 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 Ahora sí que le llegó la hora. Vamos a matarlo y echarlo en una de estas cisternas, y diremos que lo devoró un animal salvaje. ¡Y a ver en qué terminan sus sueños!

21 Cuando Rubén escuchó esto, intentó librarlo de las garras de sus hermanos, así que les propuso:—No lo matemos.

22 No derramen sangre. Arrójenlo en esta cisterna en el desierto, pero no le pongan la mano encima.Rubén dijo esto porque su intención era rescatar a José y devolverlo a su padre.

23 Cuando José llegó adonde estaban sus hermanos, le arrancaron la túnica muy elegante,

24 lo agarraron y lo echaron en una cisterna que estaba vacía y seca.