Genesis 37:31
The brothers talked about the problem and decided to trick their father. They killed a goat and put some of the blood on Joseph's special coat.
Barkly (portions)
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
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 →