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19 They said to one another, “Look, here comes the hero of those dreams! 20 Let's kill him and throw him into a pit and say that some wild animal ate him. Then we'll see what happens to those dreams.”

21 Reuben heard this and tried to protect Joseph from them. “Let's not kill him,” he said.

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19 “Here comes that dreamer!(A)” they said to each other. 20 “Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns(B) and say that a ferocious animal(C) devoured him.(D) Then we’ll see what comes of his dreams.”(E)

21 When Reuben(F) heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. “Let’s not take his life,” he said.(G)

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