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Genesis 42:37Gen.42.37

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.

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Ruben dit à son père: Tu feras mourir mes deux fils si je ne te ramène pas Benjamin; remets-le entre mes mains, et je te le ramènerai.

KJV

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.

Patristic reading

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    Patrologia Latina Vol. 178 (Migne)

    Aegyptum, Ruben quidem ita dixit ad patrem: Ambos filios meos occide, nisi reduxero ad te Benjamin (Gen. XLII, 37) . Judas vero ait: Peccator ero in te, nisi reduxero tibi (Gen. XLIII, 9) . Jacob vero, sciens multo esse gravius quod promiserat Judas, Ruben quidem non [Col. 1595A…

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