Genesis 37:31

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

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  • Gen 37:23 : 23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the ornate robe he was wearing.
  • 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.
  • Prov 28:13 : 13 The one who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will find mercy.

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  • Gen 37:32-34
    3 verses
    88%

    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 37:22-24
    3 verses
    84%

    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.

    23So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the ornate robe he was wearing.

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

  • Gen 37:2-5
    4 verses
    78%

    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.

  • Gen 37:26-30
    5 verses
    77%

    26Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is there if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?

    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?"

  • Gen 37:17-20
    4 verses
    75%

    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 27:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15Then Rebekah took the best clothes of her older son Esau, which were in the house, and she put them on her younger son Jacob.

    16She also covered his hands and the smooth part of his neck with the skins of the young goats.

  • Gen 42:22
    72%

    22Reuben replied to them, 'Didn't I tell you not to sin against the boy, but you wouldn't listen? Now his blood is being demanded from us.'

  • Gen 37:12
    71%

    12Now his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock near Shechem.

  • Gen 27:9
    71%

    9Go to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so that I can prepare a tasty meal for your father, just the way he loves it.

  • Gen 50:15
    70%

    15When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, 'What if Joseph holds a grudge against us and repays us for all the evil we did to him?'

  • 2 Chr 35:11
    70%

    11They slaughtered the Passover lambs, and the priests sprinkled the blood handed to them, while the Levites skinned the animals.

  • Gen 44:2
    70%

    2"Then put my silver cup in the opening of the youngest one's sack, along with the silver for his grain." And he did as Joseph had instructed.

  • Gen 50:17
    70%

    17'This is what you are to say to Joseph: “Please forgive the transgressions of your brothers and their sin, for they treated you so badly.” Now, please forgive the transgressions of the servants of the God of your father.' Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

  • Gen 45:4
    69%

    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.'

  • Lev 8:19
    69%

    19Moses slaughtered the ram and splashed the blood on all sides of the altar.