Genesis 37:31
Then they took Joseph's coat, and put on it some of the blood from a young goat which they had put to death,
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
In Context
30He went back to his brothers, and said, The child is gone; what am I to do?
32And they took the coat to their father, and said, We came across this; is it your son's coat or not?
Cross References
Genesis 37:3Now the love which Israel had for Joseph was greater than his love for all his other children, because he got him when he was an old man: and he had a long coat made for him.
Proverbs 28:13He who keeps his sins secret will not do well; but one who is open about them, and gives them up, will get mercy.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 37:24-31
23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him; 24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it. 25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. 26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if… Read the whole commentary →