Genesis 37:31
Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.
Berean Standard Bible
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
30returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”
Cross References
Genesis 37:3Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.
Proverbs 28:13He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find 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 →