Genesis 37:23

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So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the ornate robe he was wearing.

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  • Gen 37:3 : 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons because he was the child of his old age, and he made him a robe of many colors.
  • Gen 37:31-33 : 31 Then they took Joseph's tunic, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood. 32 They sent the ornate tunic to their father and said, "We found this. Please examine it to see whether it is your son's tunic or not." 33 He recognized it and said, "It is my son's tunic! A wild animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces."
  • Gen 42:21 : 21 They said to one another, 'Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw the anguish of his soul when he begged us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.'
  • Matt 27:28 : 28 They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.
  • Ps 22:18 : 18 I can count all my bones; people stare and gloat over me.

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  • Gen 37:27-34
    8 verses
    86%

    27Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him. After all, he is our brother, our own flesh." His brothers agreed.

    28When the Midianite merchants passed by, they pulled Joseph up out of the pit and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt.

    29When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.

    30He went back to his brothers and said, "The boy is gone! What am I going to do?"

    31Then they took Joseph's tunic, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood.

    32They sent the ornate tunic to their father and said, "We found this. Please examine it to see whether it is your son's tunic or not."

    33He recognized it and said, "It is my son's tunic! A wild animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces."

    34Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son for many days.

  • Gen 37:2-6
    5 verses
    81%

    2This is the account of Jacob: Joseph, a seventeen-year-old youth, was shepherding the flock with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought a bad report about them to their father.

    3Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons because he was the child of his old age, and he made him a robe of many colors.

    4But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all of them, they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.

    5One time Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.

    6Joseph said to them, "Please listen to this dream I had.

  • Gen 37:24
    77%

    24Then they took him and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it.

  • Gen 37:17-20
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    77%

    17The man said, "They have moved on from here, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" So Joseph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan.

    18They saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they conspired to kill him.

    19They said to one another, "Look, here comes the dreamer!"

    20Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a wild animal devoured him. Then we’ll see what becomes of his dreams."

  • Gen 37:22
    74%

    22Reuben also said to them, "Do not shed any blood. Throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him." He said this intending to rescue him from their hands in order to return him to his father.

  • Gen 45:4
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    4Then Joseph said to his brothers, 'Please come closer to me.' They came closer, and he said, 'I am Joseph, your brother, the one you sold into Egypt.'

  • Gen 37:12
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    12Now his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock near Shechem.

  • Gen 42:7-9
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    73%

    7When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he acted as a stranger toward them and spoke harshly to them. He asked, 'Where have you come from?' They answered, 'From the land of Canaan, to buy food.'

    8Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.

    9Then Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them, and he said to them, 'You are spies! You have come to see the weakness of the land.'

  • Gen 41:42
    72%

    42Then Pharaoh removed his signet ring from his hand and placed it on Joseph's hand. He clothed him in garments of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck.

  • Matt 27:28
    72%

    28They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.

  • Gen 45:1
    72%

    1Joseph could no longer hold back his emotions in front of everyone standing near him, so he called out, 'Have everyone leave my presence!' No one remained with him when Joseph revealed himself to his brothers.

  • Gen 44:13
    72%

    13At this, they tore their garments, loaded each his donkey, and went back to the city.

  • Gen 39:18
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    18But when I raised my voice and screamed, he left his garment beside me and fled outside."

  • Gen 39:13
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    13When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and fled outside,