rsv Genesis:37:21-22
rsv@Genesis:37:21 @ But when Reuben heard it, he delivered him out of their hands, saying, "Let us not take his life."
rsv@Genesis:37:22 @ And Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood; cast him into this pit here in the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him"--that he might rescue him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.