Genesis 37:31
And they take the coat of Joseph, and slaughter a kid of the goats, and dip the coat in the blood,
Literal Standard Version
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 he returns to his brothers and says, “The boy is not, and I—to where am I going?”
Cross References
Genesis 37:3And Israel has loved Joseph more than any of his sons, for he [is] a son of his old age, and has made for him a long coat;
Proverbs 28:13Whoever is covering his transgressions does not prosper, || And he who is confessing and forsaking has 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 →