But when Reuben heard of their scheme, he came to Joseph’s rescue.“ Let’s not kill him,” he said.

流便听见了，要救他脱离他们的手，说：“我们不可害他的性命”；

吕便听见了，要救约瑟脱离他们的手，说：“我们不可害他的性命。”

吕便听见了，要救约瑟脱离他们的手，说：“我们不可害他的性命。”

吕便听后想救约瑟的性命，就说：“我们不要害他性命。”

流本听见了，要救约瑟脱离他们的手。他说：“我们不可取他的性命。”

鲁本听见后，要救约瑟脱离他们的手，就说：“我们不可夺取他的性命。”

呂便聽見了，要救他脫離他們的手，說：「我們不可害他的性命」；

呂便聽見了，要救約瑟脫離他們的手，說：「我們不可害他的性命。」

呂便聽見了，要救約瑟脫離他們的手，說：「我們不可害他的性命。」

呂便聽後想救約瑟的性命，就說：「我們不要害他性命。」

流本聽見了，要救約瑟脫離他們的手。他說：“我們不可取他的性命。”

如便聽見了，就要援救他脫離他們的手；他說：『我們不可擊殺他的性命。』

魯本聽見後，要救約瑟脫離他們的手，就說：「我們不可奪取他的性命。」

流便聞之、欲救約瑟曰、勿戕其命、

流便聞之、欲救約瑟、曰、莫傷其命。

流便聞之、欲救之脫於其手、曰、我儕莫傷其命、

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

Reuben heard them talking. He tried to save Joseph from them.“ Let’s not take his life,” he said.

But when Reuben heard it, he rescued him out of their hands, saying,“ Let us not take his life.”

When Reuben heard this, he tried to save him from them. He said,“ Let’s not take his life.”

But Reuben heard this and rescued him out of their hands by saying,“ Let’s not take his life.”

But Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands, and said,“ Let us not kill him.”

And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, Let us not take his life.

When Reuben heard this, he tried to save him from them. He said,“ Let’s not take his life.”

And Reuben heard[ it], and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

When Reuben heard this, he rescued Joseph from their hands, saying,“ Let’s not take his life!”

Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said,“ Let’s not take his life.”

“ Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy?” Reuben asked.“ But you wouldn’t listen. And now we have to answer for his blood!”

That same day Joshua captured and destroyed the town of Makkedah. He killed everyone in it, including the king, leaving no survivors. He destroyed them all, and he killed the king of Makkedah as he had killed the king of Jericho.

“ Don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot touch your soul. Fear only God, who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

While he was living there, Reuben had intercourse with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Jacob soon heard about it. These are the names of the twelve sons of Jacob:

“ And I will require the blood of anyone who takes another person’s life. If a wild animal kills a person, it must die. And anyone who murders a fellow human must die.