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Selected Verse: Genesis 42:37 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ge 42:37 |
Strong Concordance |
And Reuben [07205] spake [0559] unto his father [01], saying [0559], Slay [04191] my two [08147] sons [01121], if I bring [0935] him not to thee: deliver [05414] him into my hand [03027], and I will bring him to thee again [07725]. |
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King James |
And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Reuben spake, . . . Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee--This was a thoughtless and unwarrantable condition--one that he never seriously expected his father would accept. It was designed only to give assurance of the greatest care being taken of Benjamin. But unforeseen circumstances might arise to render it impossible for all of them to preserve that young lad (Jam 4:13), and Jacob was much pained by the prospect. Little did he know that God was dealing with him severely, but in kindness (Heb 12:7-8), and that all those things he thought against Him were working together for his good. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Reuben then offered his two sons to Jacob as pledges for Benjamin, if Jacob would entrust him to his care: Jacob might slay them, if he did not bring Benjamin back-the greatest and dearest offer that a son could make to a father. But Jacob refused to let him go. "If mischief befell him by the way, he would bring down my grey hairs with sorrow into Sheol" (cf. Gen 37:35). |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee - What a strange proposal made by a son to his father, concerning his grandchildren! But they show the honesty and affection of Reuben's heart; he felt deeply for his father's distress, and was determined to risk and hazard every thing in order to relieve and comfort him. There is scarcely a transaction in which Reuben is concerned that does not serve to set his character in an amiable point of view, except the single instance mentioned Gen 35:22 (note), and which for the sake of decency and piety we should wish to understand as the Targumists have explained it. See the notes. |
7 If [1487] ye endure [5278] chastening [3809], God [2316] dealeth [4374] with you [5213] as [5613] with sons [5207]; for [1063] what [5101] son [5207] is he [2076] whom [3739] the father [3962] chasteneth [3811] not [3756]?
8 But [1161] if [1487] ye be [2075] without [5565] chastisement [3809], whereof [3739] all [3956] are [1096] partakers [3353], then [686] are ye [2075] bastards [3541], and [2532] not [3756] sons [5207].
13 Go to [33] now [3568], ye that say [3004], To day [4594] or [2532] to morrow [839] we will go [4198] into [1519] such [3592] a city [4172], and [2532] continue [4160] [4160] there [1563] a [1520] year [1763], and [2532] buy and sell [1710] [1710], and [2532] get gain [2770] [2770]:
35 And all his sons [01121] and all his daughters [01323] rose up [06965] to comfort [05162] him; but he refused [03985] to be comforted [05162]; and he said [0559], For I will go down [03381] into the grave [07585] unto my son [01121] mourning [057]. Thus his father [01] wept [01058] for him.
22 And it came to pass, when Israel [03478] dwelt [07931] in that land [0776], that Reuben [07205] went [03212] and lay [07901] with Bilhah [01090] his father's [01] concubine [06370]: and Israel [03478] heard [08085] it. Now the sons [01121] of Jacob [03290] were twelve [08147] [06240]: