Genesis 37:31
And having taken the coat of Joseph, they slew a kid of the goats, and stained the coat with the blood.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 returned to his brethren and said, The boy is not; and I, whither am I yet to go?
Cross References
Genesis 37:3And Jacob loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was to him the son of old age; and he made for him a coat of many colors.
Proverbs 28:13He that covers his own ungodliness shall not prosper: 1 But he that blames himself shall be loved. 1
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 →