Genesis 37:31

Then they took his tunic, and they dipped it in the blood of a young goat, which they had killed,

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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

30And rending his garments, he went to his brothers and said, “The boy is not present, and so where shall I go?”

32sending those who carried it to their father, and they said: “We found this. See whether it is the tunic of your son or not.”

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Cross References

Genesis 37:3Now Israel loved Joseph above all his sons, because he had conceived him in his old age. And he made him a tunic, woven of many colors.

Proverbs 28:13Whoever hides his crimes will not be guided. But whoever will have confessed and abandoned them shall overtake 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 →

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