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Genesis 37:21-23
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Genesis 37:21-23
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
21 But when Reuben heard it, he delivered him out of their hands, saying, “Let us not take his life.”(A) 22 Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood; throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him”—that he might rescue him out of their hand and restore him to his father. 23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the ornamented robe[a] that he wore,
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- 37.23 Or (compare Gk): a coat of many colors; meaning of Heb uncertain
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