Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
Bible References
Slay my
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
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.
Genesis 46:9
And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch and Pallu and Hezron and Carmi;
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?