OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 42:22

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Reuben answered them, saying, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘Don’t sin against the child,’ and you wouldn’t listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required.”

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Verse 22. His blood. Ruben supposed his brother was dead, (verse 13,) and judging that Jacob would not let Benjamin come, he thought they must all perish. Bible.

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