Genesis 42:37

And Reuben said, Put my two sons to death if I do not come back to you with him; let him be in my care and I will give him safely back to you.

Genesis 46:9

And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch and Pallu and Hezron and Carmi;

Genesis 43:9

Put him into my care and make me responsible for him: if I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.

Genesis 44:32-34

For I made myself responsible for the boy to my father, saying, If I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.

Micah 6:7

Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of sheep or with ten thousand rivers of oil? am I to give my first child for my wrongdoing, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

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Genesis 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.

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Put him into my care and make me responsible for him: if I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.

For I made myself responsible for the boy to my father, saying, If I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.

And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch and Pallu and Hezron and Carmi;

Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of sheep or with ten thousand rivers of oil? am I to give my first child for my wrongdoing, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?