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Gen 37:22 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Reuben said		Gen 42:22
Shed		Mat 27:24
lay		Gen 22:12; Exd 24:11; Deu 13:9; Act 12:1

Correlating Passages

Reuben said

Gen 42:22

And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.

Shed

Mat 27:24

When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but [that] rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed [his] hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye [to it].

lay

	Gen 22:12	And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son] from me.
	Exd 24:11	And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
	Deu 13:9	But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
	Act 12:1	Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth [his] hands to vex certain of the church.

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 37:22," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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