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Gen 42:37 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Slay my		Gen 43:9; Gen 44:32-34; Gen 46:9; Mic 6:7

Correlating Passages

Slay my

	Gen 43:9	I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
	Gen 44:32	For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.
	Gen 44:33	Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
	Gen 44:34	For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad [be] not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.
	Gen 46:9	And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
	Mic 6:7	Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, [or] with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn [for] my transgression, the fruit of my body [for] the sin of my soul?

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 42:37," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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