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19 Then they said to one another, “[a]Here comes this dreamer! 20 So now, come and let us kill him and cast him into one of the pits; and (A)we will say, ‘A wild beast devoured him.’ Then let us see what will become of his dreams!” 21 But (B)Reuben heard this and delivered him out of their hands and said, “Let us not strike down his life.”

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  1. Genesis 37:19 Lit Behold, this master of dreams comes

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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