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Reuben returned to the pit; and saw that Joseph wasn`t in the pit; and he tore his clothes.
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Reuben's Failed Rescue Plan
Commentators explain that Reuben was not present when Joseph was sold because he had a secret plan. He intentionally went away, likely to tend to distant flocks, intending to return later when the others were distracted to rescue Joseph and return him to their father. His absence was not complicity but a failed attempt at intervention.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
17. דתין dotayı̂n Dothain, “two wells?” (Gesenius)
25. נכאת neko't “tragacanth” or goat’s-tho…
19th Century
Anglican
Reuben returned. —Evidently he was not present when Joseph was sold to the Midianites. This has been made into a …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Reuben returned unto the pit It is very probable he had pretended to go somewhere on business, with an intention…
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They threw Joseph into a pit, to perish there with hunger and cold; so cruel were their tender mercies. They slighted him when he was in distress, …