Cross references

Genesis 42:22

And Reuben responded, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would not listen. Now we must account for his blood!”

Genesis 42:22 BSB

Genesis 42:22 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Kings 2:32 (5 votes) and 2 Chronicles 24:22 (5 votes). 26 other verses point back to it. It links with 14 other books, from Genesis 4 to Revelation 16.

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Which verses does Genesis 42:22 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

  2. Thus King Joash failed to remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him. Instead, Joash killed Jehoiada’s son. As he lay dying, Zechariah said, “May the LORD see this and call you to account.”

  3. Psalm 9:125 votes

    For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.

  4. When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said. “Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.

  5. And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man: Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.

  6. As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.

  7. “What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.

  8. When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes, returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”

  9. If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood.

  10. Luke 23:412 votes

    We are punished justly, for we are receiving what our actions deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”

  11. Acts 28:42 votes

Which verses point to Genesis 42:22?

The 10 strongest of 26.