Genesis 42:22
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
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!”

Young's Literal Translation
And Reuben answereth them, saying, ‘Spake I not unto you, saying, Sin not against the lad? and ye hearkened not; and his blood also, lo, it is required.’

King James Bible
And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.

Hebrew
But Reuben
רְאוּבֵ֨ן (rə·’ū·ḇên)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7205: Reuben -- 'behold a son!' oldest son of Jacob, also his desc

replied:
וַיַּעַן֩ (way·ya·‘an)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6030: To answer, respond

“Didn’t
הֲלוֹא֩ (hă·lō·w)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

I tell
לֵאמֹ֗ר (lê·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 559: To utter, say

you not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

to sin against
תֶּחֶטְא֥וּ (te·ḥeṭ·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 2398: To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn

the boy?
בַיֶּ֖לֶד (ḇay·ye·leḏ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3206: Something born, a lad, offspring

But you would not
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

listen.
שְׁמַעְתֶּ֑ם (šə·ma‘·tem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

Now
הִנֵּ֥ה (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

we must account for
נִדְרָֽשׁ׃ (niḏ·rāš)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 1875: To tread, frequent, to follow, to seek, ask, to worship

his blood!”
דָּמ֖וֹ (dā·mōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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