21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
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When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. “Let’s not take his life,” he said.
22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
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“Don’t shed any blood. Throw him into this cistern here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this to rescue him from them and take him back to his father.