Genesis 37:21

When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. “Let’s not take his life,” he said.

From Background Notes [BN] for Sept 13th& 14th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

Soon the brothers are not alone, and Reuben's plans, well-intentioned though they were, are now foiled by the arrival of Ishmaelites, distant relatives, descendents of Abraham's "other son".

In a sort of shameless moralizing, they offer him to the caravan of traders bound for Egypt, motivated by a false sense of decency ("after all, he is our brother…", 37:7) and some profit motive. This new plan conceived by Judah proceeds without Reuben being present, much to his later chagrin. Judah’s justification sounds humane: “he is our brother, our own flesh and blood.” Is he serious? [BN,4]

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