SEV Biblia, Chapter 37:21
Cuando Rubén oyó esto , lo libró de sus manos y dijo: No lo matemos.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Genesis 37:21
Verse 21. Reuben heard it] Though Reuben appears to have been a transgressor of no ordinary magnitude, if we take chap. xxxv. 22 according to the letter, yet his bosom was not the habitation of cruelly. He determined, if possible, to save his brother from death, and deliver him safely to his father, with whose fondness for him he was sufficiently acquainted. Josephus, in his usual way, puts a long flourishing speech in the mouth of Reuben on the occasion, spoken in order to dissuade his brethren from their barbarous purpose; but as it is totally unfounded, it is worthy of no regard.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 12-22 - How readily does Joseph wait his father's orders! Those children wh are best beloved by their parents, should be the most ready to obe them. See how deliberate Joseph's brethren were against him. The thought to slay him from malice aforethought, and in cold blood Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer, 1Jo 3:15. The sons of Jaco hated their brother because their father loved him. New occasions, a his dreams and the like, drew them on further; but this laid ranklin in their hearts, till they resolved on his death. God has all hearts in his hands. Reuben had most reason to be jealous of Joseph, for he wa the first-born; yet he proves his best friend. God overruled all to serve his own purpose, of making Joseph an instrument to save muc people alive. Joseph was a type of Christ; for though he was the beloved Son of his Father, and hated by a wicked world, yet the Fathe sent him out of his bosom to visit us in great humility and love. He came from heaven to earth to seek and save us; yet then malicious plot were laid against him. His own not only received him not, but crucifie him. This he submitted to, as a part of his design to redeem and sav us.
Original Hebrew
וישׁמע 8085 ראובן 7205 ויצלהו 5337 מידם 3027 ויאמר 559 לא 3808 נכנו 5221 נפשׁ׃ 5315
