Genesis 37:31

And they took his coat, and dipped it in the blood of a kid, which they had killed :

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 brethren, and said: The boy doth not appear and whither shall I go?

32Sending some to carry it to their father, and to say: This we have found: see whether it be thy son's coat, or not.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:3Now Israel loved Joseph above all his sons, because he had him in his old age: and he made him a coat of divers colours.

Proverbs 28:13He that hideth his sins, shall not prosper: but he that shall confess, and forsake them, shall obtain 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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