What Does Genesis 37:22 Mean?

“said”

to say (used with great latitude)

near, with or among; often in general, to

“And Reuben”

reuben, a son of jacob

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“unto them Shed”

to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e., to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc

“no blood”

blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe

“but cast”

to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

near, with or among; often in general, to

“him into this pit”

a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“that is in the wilderness”

a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert

“him out of their hands”

a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“and lay”

to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that

“upon him that he might rid”

to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“him out of their hands”

a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v

“again”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

near, with or among; often in general, to

“him to his father”

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application