Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then they got Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood. New Living Translation Then the brothers killed a young goat and dipped Joseph’s robe in its blood. English Standard Version Then they took Joseph’s robe and slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood. Berean Standard Bible Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood. King James Bible And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; New King James Version So they took Joseph’s tunic, killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the tunic in the blood. New American Standard Bible So they took Joseph’s tunic, and slaughtered a male goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood; NASB 1995 So they took Joseph’s tunic, and slaughtered a male goat and dipped the tunic in the blood; NASB 1977 So they took Joseph’s tunic, and slaughtered a male goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood; Legacy Standard Bible So they took Joseph’s tunic and slaughtered a male goat and dipped the tunic in the blood; Amplified Bible Then they took Joseph’s tunic, slaughtered a male goat and dipped the tunic in the blood; Christian Standard Bible So they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a male goat, and dipped the robe in its blood. Holman Christian Standard Bible So they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood. American Standard Version And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a he-goat, and dipped the coat in the blood; Aramaic Bible in Plain English And they took the coat of Yoseph and they killed a kid of the goats and they dipped the coat in its blood; Brenton Septuagint Translation And having taken the coat of Joseph, they slew a kid of the goats, and stained the coat with the blood. Contemporary English Version Joseph's brothers killed a goat and dipped Joseph's fancy coat in its blood. Douay-Rheims Bible And they took his coat, and dipped it in the blood of a kid, which they had killed : English Revised Version And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a he-goat, and dipped the coat in the blood; GOD'S WORD® Translation So they took Joseph's robe, killed a goat, and dipped the robe in the blood. Good News Translation Then they killed a goat and dipped Joseph's robe in its blood. International Standard Version So they took Joseph's coat, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the coat in the blood. JPS Tanakh 1917 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a he-goat, and dipped the coat in the blood; Literal Standard Version And they take the coat of Joseph, and slaughter a kid of the goats, and dip the coat in the blood, Majority Standard Bible Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood. New American Bible They took Joseph’s tunic, and after slaughtering a goat, dipped the tunic in its blood. NET Bible So they took Joseph's tunic, killed a young goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood. New Revised Standard Version Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a goat, and dipped the robe in the blood. New Heart English Bible They took Joseph�s robe and killed a male goat and dipped the robe in the blood. Webster's Bible Translation And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood: World English Bible They took Joseph’s tunic, and killed a male goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood. Young's Literal Translation And they take the coat of Joseph, and slaughter a kid of the goats, and dip the coat in the blood, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jacob Mourns Joseph31Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood. 32They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe or not.”… Cross References Genesis 37:3 Now 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. Genesis 37:23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe--the robe of many colors he was wearing-- Genesis 37:32 They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, "We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son's robe or not." Genesis 44:28 When one of them was gone, I said: "Surely he has been torn to pieces." And I have not seen him since. Genesis 45:26 "Joseph is still alive," they said, "and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!" But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them. Treasury of Scripture And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; Genesis 37:3,23 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours… Proverbs 28:13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. Jump to Previous Blood Buck Coat Death Dip Dipped Goat Goats He-Goat Joseph Joseph's Kid Killed Male Robe Slaughter Slaughtered Tunic Vest YoungJump to Next Blood Buck Coat Death Dip Dipped Goat Goats He-Goat Joseph Joseph's Kid Killed Male Robe Slaughter Slaughtered Tunic Vest YoungGenesis 37 1. Joseph is loved by Jacob, but hated by his brothers.5. His dreams and the interpretation. 12. Jacob sends him to his brothers, who counsel to slay him. 21. At Reuben's desire they cast him into a pit; 25. and afterwards sell him to the Ishmaelites; 29. while Ruben grieves at not finding him. 31. His coat, covered with blood, is sent to Jacob, who mourns him inordinately. 36. Joseph is brought to Egypt and sold to Potiphar. (31) A kid of the goats.--Heb., a full grown he-goat. Maimonides thinks that the reason why he-goats were so often used as sin-offerings under the Levitical law was to remind the Israelites of this great sin committed by their patriarchs.Verses 31, 32. - And they - i.e. Joseph's Brethren, including Reuben, to whom manifestly the matter had been explained (Candlish thinks Reuben may have been deceived by his brethren), and who wanted the courage either to expose their wickedness or to dissent from their device for deceiving Jacob - took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, - more correctly, a he-goat of the goats, since the name of goat seems to have belonged in a wider sense to other animals also (Gesenius); usually understood to mean the somewhat older he-goat which was used as a sin offering - Leviticus 16:9; Leviticus 23:19; Numbers 7:16; Numbers 15:24 (Furst) - and dipped the coat in the blood; and they sent the coat of many colors (vide on ver. 3), and they brought it (or caused it to be brought by the hands of a servant) to their father, and said (of course by the lips of the messenger), This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no. Either Jacob's sons had not the fortitude to witness the first outburst of his grief, or they had not the effrontery requisite to carry through their scheme in their own persons, and were accordingly obliged to employ another, probably a slave, to carry home the bloody coat to Jacob in Hebron. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Then they tookוַיִּקְח֖וּ (way·yiq·ḥū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3947: To take Joseph’s יוֹסֵ֑ף (yō·w·sêp̄) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3130: Joseph -- 'he increases', a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israelites robe, כְּתֹ֣נֶת (kə·ṯō·neṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 3801: A shirt slaughtered וַֽיִּשְׁחֲטוּ֙ (way·yiš·ḥă·ṭū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7819: To slaughter, beat a young goat, שְׂעִ֣יר (śə·‘îr) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 8163: Shaggy, a he-goat, a faun and dipped וַיִּטְבְּל֥וּ (way·yiṭ·bə·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 2881: To dip, to immerse the robe הַכֻּתֹּ֖נֶת (hak·kut·tō·neṯ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 3801: A shirt in its blood. בַּדָּֽם׃ (bad·dām) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed Links Genesis 37:31 NIVGenesis 37:31 NLT Genesis 37:31 ESV Genesis 37:31 NASB Genesis 37:31 KJV Genesis 37:31 BibleApps.com Genesis 37:31 Biblia Paralela Genesis 37:31 Chinese Bible Genesis 37:31 French Bible Genesis 37:31 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 37:31 They took Joseph's coat and killed (Gen. 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