וַיֹּ֤אמֶר רְאוּבֵן֙ אֶל־אָבִ֣יו לֵאמֹ֔ר אֶת־שְׁנֵ֤י בָנַי֙ תָּמִ֔ית אִם־לֹ֥א אֲבִיאֶ֖נּוּ אֵלֶ֑יךָ תְּנָ֤ה אֹתוֹ֙ עַל־יָדִ֔י וַאֲנִ֖י אֲשִׁיבֶ֥נּוּ אֵלֶֽיךָ׃
Lalu berkatalah Ruben kepada ayahnya: “Dua orang anakku boleh kaubunuh jika aku tidak membawa dia kembali kepadamu. Serahkanlah dia ke dalam tanganku, maka aku akan membawanya kembali kepadamu.”
Redeeming Relevance; Genesis
Reuven spoke to his father saying, “You can kill my two sons if I don’t bring [Binyamin] to you. Let him [come] with me and I will return him to you.” (Bereshit 42:37)
Tze'enah Ure'enah
“You may kill my two sons” [42:37]. Reuben had four children. He said to Jacob: my two children should be a substitute for Benjamin, if I don’t bring him back, but put Benjamin into my hands. Jacob said to Reuben: you are a firstborn fool. How could I kill my grandchildren, your children, who are like my own children? It is not enough suffering that I would lose Benjamin, heaven forbid, and you want me to also kill my grandchildren?76Bahya, Genesis, 42:37.