Genesis 37:30
And rending his garments he went to his brethren, and said: The boy doth not appear and whither shall I go?
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 Ruben, returning to the pit, found not the boy:
31And they took his coat, and dipped it in the blood of a kid, which they had killed :
Cross References
Genesis 37:20Come, let us kill him, and cast him into some old pit : and we will say : Some evil beast hath devoured him: and then it shall appear what his dreams avail him :
Genesis 42:32We are twelve brethren born of one father: one is not living, the youngest is with our father in the land of Chanaan.
Genesis 42:36Their father Jacob said: You have made me to be without children: Joseph is not living, Simeon is kept in bonds, and Benjamin you will take away: all these evils are fallen 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 →