Reuben heard this and rescued him from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.
In context
19They said to one another, “Here comes that dreamer. 20Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of these pits. We can say a wild animal devoured him. Then we will see what becomes of his dreams.” 21Reuben heard this and rescued him from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said. 22“Do not shed blood,” Reuben told them. “Throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” He said this to rescue Joseph from them and bring him back to his father. 23So when Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his robe — the elaborate robe he was wearing —
