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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/genesis/37.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/genesis/37.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Then they got Joseph&#8217s robe, slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/37.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then the brothers killed a young goat and dipped Joseph’s robe in its blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/37.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then they took Joseph’s robe and slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/37.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/37.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/37.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So they took Joseph’s tunic, killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the tunic in the blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/37.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they took Joseph’s tunic, and slaughtered a male goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/37.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So they took Joseph&#8217s tunic, and slaughtered a male goat and dipped the tunic in the blood;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/37.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So they took Joseph’s tunic, and slaughtered a male goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/37.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So they took Joseph’s tunic and slaughtered a male goat and dipped the tunic in the blood;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/37.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then they took Joseph’s tunic, slaughtered a male goat and dipped the tunic in the blood;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/37.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a male goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/37.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they took Joseph&#8217s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/37.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a he-goat, and dipped the coat in the blood;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/37.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Joseph's brothers killed a goat and dipped Joseph's fancy coat in its blood. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/37.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a he-goat, and dipped the coat in the blood;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/37.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So they took Joseph's robe, killed a goat, and dipped the robe in the blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/37.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then they killed a goat and dipped Joseph's robe in its blood. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/37.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />So they took Joseph's coat, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the coat in the blood. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/37.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then they took Joseph?s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/37.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So they took Joseph's tunic, killed a young goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/37.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They took Joseph?s robe and killed a male goat and dipped the robe in the blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/37.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/37.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They took Joseph’s tunic, and killed a male goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/37.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they take the coat of Joseph, and slaughter a kid of the goats, and dip the coat in the blood,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/37.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they take the coat of Joseph, and slaughter a kid of the goats, and dip the coat in the blood,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/37.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will take Joseph's tunic, and will slaughter a he-goat of the goats, and will dip the tunic in the blood.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/37.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And they took his coat, and dipped it in the blood of a kid, which they had killed : <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/37.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Then they took his tunic, and they dipped it in the blood of a young goat, which they had killed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/37.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They took Joseph’s tunic, and after slaughtering a goat, dipped the tunic in its blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/37.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a goat, and dipped the robe in the blood.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/37.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And they took Joseph's robe, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the robe in the blood;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/37.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they took the coat of Yoseph and they killed a kid of the goats and they dipped the coat in its blood;<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/37.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a he-goat, and dipped the coat in the blood;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/37.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And having taken the coat of Joseph, they slew a kid of the goats, and stained the coat with the blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/37-31.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=9571" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/37.htm">Jacob Mourns Joseph</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">31</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: way·yiq·ḥū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">Then they took</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3130.htm" title="3130: yō·w·sêp̄ (N-proper-ms) -- Future of yacaph; let him add; Joseph, the name of seven Israelites.">Joseph’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/3801.htm" title="3801: kə·ṯō·neṯ (N-fsc) -- A tunic. Or kuttoneth; from an unused root meaning to cover; a shirt.">robe,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7819.htm" title="7819: way·yiš·ḥă·ṭū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To slaughter, beat. A primitive root; to slaughter.">slaughtered</a> <a href="/hebrew/8163.htm" title="8163: śə·‘îr (N-msc) -- Shaggy, a he-goat, a faun. Or sabir; from sa'ar; shaggy; as noun, a he-goat; by analogy, a faun.">a young goat,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5795.htm" title="5795: ‘iz·zîm (N-fp) -- Female goat. From azaz; a she-goat, but masculine in plural."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2881.htm" title="2881: way·yiṭ·bə·lū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To dip. A primitive root; to dip, to immerse.">and dipped</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3801.htm" title="3801: hak·kut·tō·neṯ (Art:: N-fs) -- A tunic. Or kuttoneth; from an unused root meaning to cover; a shirt.">the robe</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: bad·dām (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">in its blood.</a> </span><span class="reftext">32</span>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.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/4-10.htm">Genesis 4:10</a></span><br />“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/9-4.htm">Genesis 9:4-6</a></span><br />But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it. / And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man: / Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/44-28.htm">Genesis 44:28</a></span><br />When one of them was gone, I said: “Surely he has been torn to pieces.” And I have not seen him since.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-7.htm">Exodus 12:7</a></span><br />They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/17-11.htm">Leviticus 17:11</a></span><br />For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/21-1.htm">Deuteronomy 21:1-9</a></span><br />If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him, / your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities. / Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/18-17.htm">1 Samuel 18:17-19</a></span><br />Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.” / And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?” / So when it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/21-19.htm">1 Kings 21:19</a></span><br />Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/9-26.htm">2 Kings 9:26</a></span><br />‘As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares the LORD, so will I repay you on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.’ Now then, according to the word of the LORD, pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/9-12.htm">Psalm 9:12</a></span><br />For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-38.htm">Psalm 106:38</a></span><br />They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-15.htm">Isaiah 1:15</a></span><br />When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-34.htm">Jeremiah 2:34</a></span><br />Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/24-7.htm">Ezekiel 24:7-8</a></span><br />For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust. / In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance, I have placed her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-35.htm">Matthew 23:35</a></span><br />And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/37-3.htm">Genesis 37:3,23</a></b></br> Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he <i>was</i> the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of <i>many</i> colours… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/28-13.htm">Proverbs 28:13</a></b></br> He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh <i>them</i> shall have mercy.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/37-27.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/numbers/29-19.htm">Buck</a> <a href="/genesis/37-23.htm">Coat</a> <a href="/genesis/37-26.htm">Death</a> <a href="/john/13-26.htm">Dip</a> <a href="/revelation/19-13.htm">Dipped</a> <a href="/genesis/15-9.htm">Goat</a> <a href="/genesis/32-14.htm">Goats</a> <a href="/daniel/8-21.htm">He-Goat</a> <a href="/genesis/37-29.htm">Joseph</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-21.htm">Joseph's</a> <a href="/luke/15-29.htm">Kid</a> <a href="/genesis/34-26.htm">Killed</a> <a href="/genesis/34-24.htm">Male</a> <a href="/genesis/37-23.htm">Robe</a> <a href="/genesis/22-10.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/romans/8-36.htm">Slaughtered</a> <a href="/genesis/37-23.htm">Tunic</a> <a href="/genesis/37-23.htm">Vest</a> <a href="/genesis/34-19.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/42-22.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/numbers/7-16.htm">Buck</a> <a href="/genesis/37-32.htm">Coat</a> <a href="/genesis/37-33.htm">Death</a> <a href="/exodus/12-22.htm">Dip</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-6.htm">Dipped</a> <a href="/genesis/38-17.htm">Goat</a> <a href="/genesis/38-17.htm">Goats</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-3.htm">He-Goat</a> <a href="/genesis/37-33.htm">Joseph</a> <a href="/genesis/39-5.htm">Joseph's</a> <a href="/genesis/38-17.htm">Kid</a> <a href="/genesis/38-7.htm">Killed</a> <a href="/exodus/1-17.htm">Male</a> <a href="/genesis/37-32.htm">Robe</a> <a href="/genesis/43-16.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/exodus/12-6.htm">Slaughtered</a> <a href="/genesis/37-32.htm">Tunic</a> <a href="/genesis/37-32.htm">Vest</a> <a href="/genesis/38-17.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 37</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/37-1.htm">Joseph is loved by Jacob, but hated by his brothers.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/37-5.htm">His dreams and the interpretation.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/37-12.htm">Jacob sends him to his brothers, who counsel to slay him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/37-21.htm">At Reuben's desire they cast him into a pit;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/37-25.htm">and afterwards sell him to the Ishmaelites; </a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/37-29.htm">while Ruben grieves at not finding him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/37-31.htm">His coat, covered with blood, is sent to Jacob, who mourns him inordinately.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/37-36.htm">Joseph is brought to Egypt and sold to Potiphar.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/37.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/37.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then they took Joseph’s robe</b><br>Joseph's robe, often referred to as the "coat of many colors," symbolizes his father's favoritism and the special status he held within the family. This garment becomes a focal point of his brothers' jealousy and resentment. The act of taking the robe signifies their intent to strip Joseph of his favored position. This robe is a tangible representation of Jacob's love, and its removal marks the beginning of Joseph's trials. The robe also foreshadows the stripping of Jesus' garments before His crucifixion, highlighting themes of betrayal and suffering.<p><b>slaughtered a young goat</b><br>The slaughtering of a young goat is significant in the biblical narrative. Goats were commonly used in sacrificial practices, and their blood was often associated with atonement and deception. This act of slaughtering a goat for deceitful purposes contrasts with the later use of goat blood in the Day of Atonement rituals (Leviticus 16). The use of a goat here also echoes the deception Jacob himself perpetrated on his father Isaac, using goat skins to mimic Esau's hairy arms (Genesis 27). This cyclical theme of deception within the family highlights the consequences of sin and deceit.<p><b>and dipped the robe in its blood</b><br>Dipping the robe in blood is a deliberate act to deceive their father, Jacob, into believing that Joseph has been killed by a wild animal. Blood in the Bible often symbolizes life and death, covenant, and sacrifice. This act of deception is a pivotal moment that sets the stage for Joseph's journey to Egypt and eventual rise to power. The imagery of blood-stained garments is later mirrored in <a href="/revelation/19-13.htm">Revelation 19:13</a>, where Christ is described as wearing a robe dipped in blood, symbolizing His righteous judgment and victory. This connection underscores the themes of redemption and divine justice woven throughout the biblical narrative.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/joseph.htm">Joseph</a></b><br>The favored son of Jacob, who was given a special robe by his father. His brothers were envious of him, leading to their plot against him.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/joseph's_brothers.htm">Joseph's Brothers</a></b><br>The sons of Jacob who were envious of Joseph and conspired to harm him. They are the ones who took his robe and dipped it in goat's blood.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob (Israel)</a></b><br>The father of Joseph and his brothers, who favored Joseph, causing tension among his sons.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/d/dothan.htm">Dothan</a></b><br>The place where Joseph's brothers plotted against him and where they sold him into slavery.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_robe.htm">The Robe</a></b><br>A symbol of Jacob's favoritism towards Joseph, which became a tool in the brothers' deception.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_dangers_of_envy.htm">The Dangers of Envy</a></b><br>Envy can lead to destructive actions and broken relationships. Joseph's brothers allowed their jealousy to drive them to sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_deception.htm">The Consequences of Deception</a></b><br>Deception often leads to further pain and suffering, as seen in the grief it caused Jacob.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_adversity.htm">God's Sovereignty in Adversity</a></b><br>Despite human sinfulness, God's plans prevail. Joseph's account ultimately leads to the preservation of his family.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_integrity.htm">The Importance of Integrity</a></b><br>Upholding truth and integrity is crucial, even when faced with difficult circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_forgiveness.htm">The Role of Forgiveness</a></b><br>Joseph's eventual forgiveness of his brothers highlights the power of reconciliation and grace.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_37.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 37</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_plot_of_chosen_generation.htm">Why was Joseph imprisoned in Egypt?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_joseph's_shechem_journey.htm">(Genesis 37:12-17) Are there any historical records or evidence supporting Joseph's journey to Shechem and Dothan that validate this narrative?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_joseph's_coat_exist_without_evidence.htm">(Genesis 37:3) How can this special coat legitimately exist without any historical or archaeological evidence of such unique garments from that time?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_sell_joseph_into_slavery.htm">Why did Joseph's brothers sell him into slavery?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/37.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(31) <span class= "bld">A kid </span>of <span class= "bld">the goats.</span>--Heb., <span class= "ital">a full grown he-goat. </span>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.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/37.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 31, 32.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And they</span> - <span class="accented">i.e.</span> 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 - <span class="cmt_word">took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats</span>, - 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 - <a href="/leviticus/16-9.htm">Leviticus 16:9</a>; <a href="/leviticus/23-19.htm">Leviticus 23:19</a>; <a href="/numbers/7-16.htm">Numbers 7:16</a>; <a href="/numbers/15-24.htm">Numbers 15:24</a> (Furst) - <span class="cmt_word">and dipped the coat in the blood; and they sent the coat of many colors</span> (vide on ver. 3), <span class="cmt_word">and they brought it</span> (or caused it to be brought by the hands of a servant) <span class="cmt_word">to their father, and said</span> (of course by the lips of the messenger), <span class="cmt_word">This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no.</span> 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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/37-31.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then they took</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּקְח֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiq·ḥū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Joseph’s</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹסֵ֑ף</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·sêp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3130.htm">Strong's 3130: </a> </span><span class="str2">Joseph -- 'he increases', a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">robe,</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּתֹ֣נֶת</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ṯō·neṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3801.htm">Strong's 3801: </a> </span><span class="str2">A shirt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">slaughtered</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽיִּשְׁחֲטוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiš·ḥă·ṭū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7819.htm">Strong's 7819: </a> </span><span class="str2">To slaughter, beat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a young goat,</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׂעִ֣יר</span> <span class="translit">(śə·‘îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8163.htm">Strong's 8163: </a> </span><span class="str2">Shaggy, a he-goat, a faun</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and dipped</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּטְבְּל֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiṭ·bə·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2881.htm">Strong's 2881: </a> </span><span class="str2">To dip, to immerse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the robe</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכֻּתֹּ֖נֶת</span> <span class="translit">(hak·kut·tō·neṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3801.htm">Strong's 3801: </a> </span><span class="str2">A shirt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in its blood.</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּדָּֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(bad·dām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> </span><span class="str2">Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/37-31.htm">Genesis 37:31 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/37-31.htm">Genesis 37:31 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/37-31.htm">Genesis 37:31 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/37-31.htm">Genesis 37:31 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/37-31.htm">Genesis 37:31 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/37-31.htm">Genesis 37:31 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/37-31.htm">Genesis 37:31 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/37-31.htm">Genesis 37:31 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/37-31.htm">Genesis 37:31 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/37-31.htm">Genesis 37:31 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/37-31.htm">OT Law: Genesis 37:31 They took Joseph's coat and killed (Gen. 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