Who saved Joseph's life?

• A. Simeon
• B. Levi
• C. Judah
• D. Reuben

Answer: (D)

The moment being tested is when a brother intervenes to prevent a murder and keep someone alive. Reuben steps in as the brothers plan to kill Joseph, and he argues that they should not shed his blood but instead throw him into a pit and later try to rescue him. That protective move is what saves Joseph from being killed that day, keeping him alive long enough for events to unfold differently. Although the plan to rescue him later doesn’t go as Reuben hoped, the immediate danger is averted because of his intervention.

Simeon and Levi don’t make that protective move in that moment, and Judah’s later idea to sell Joseph to traders changes the outcome in a different way—Joseph ends up in Egypt rather than staying with his family—but the direct act that saved Joseph’s life at the critical moment is Reuben’s intervention.