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Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “Kill my two sons, if I don’t bring him to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him to you again.”

Genesis 42:37 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીઉત્પત્તિ ૪૨:૩૭
રુબેને તેના પિતાને કહ્યું, “જો હું બિન્યામીનને તારી પાસે પાછો ન લાવું તો તું મારા બે દીકરાને મારી નાખજે. તેને મારા હાથમાં સોંપ અને હું તેને તારી પાસે પાછો લાવીશ.”
हिन्दीउत्पत्ति ४२:३७
रूबेन ने अपने पिता से कहा, “यदि मैं उसको तेरे पास न लाऊँ, तो मेरे दोनों पुत्रों को मार डालना; तू उसको मेरे हाथ में सौंप दे, मैं उसे तेरे पास फिर पहुँचा दूँगा।”

In context

35As they emptied their sacks, behold, each man’s bundle of money was in his sack. When they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.

36Jacob, their father, said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me.”

37Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “Kill my two sons, if I don’t bring him to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him to you again.”

38He said, “My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”

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