Genesis 37:30
And rending his garments, he went to his brothers and said, “The boy is not present, and so where shall I go?”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?
In Context
29And Reuben, returning to the cistern, did not find the boy.
31Then they took his tunic, and they dipped it in the blood of a young goat, which they had killed,
Cross References
Genesis 37:20Come, let us kill him and cast him into the old cistern. And let us say: ‘an evil wild beast has devoured him.’ And then it will become apparent what his dreams will do for him.”
Genesis 42:32We are twelve brothers conceived of one father. One is not living; the youngest is with our father in the land of Canaan.’
Genesis 42:36Their father Jacob said, “You have caused me to be without children. Joseph is not living, Simeon is held in chains, and Benjamin you would carry away. All these evils have fallen back upon me.”
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 →