Genesis 37:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

And it came to pass, when Joseph came to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colors that was on him;

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  • Gen 37:3 : 3 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 colors.
  • Gen 37:31-33 : 31 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; 32 And they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father; and said, This we have found: know now whether it is your son's coat or not. 33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.
  • Gen 42:21 : 21 And they said one to another, We are truly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he begged us, and we would not listen; therefore this distress has come upon us.
  • Matt 27:28 : 28 And they stripped him and put on him a scarlet robe.
  • Ps 22:18 : 18 They divide my garments among them, and cast lots for my clothing.

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  • Gen 37:27-34
    8 verses
    86%

    27Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brothers were content.

    28Then Midianite merchants passed by; and they drew and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

    29And Reuben returned to the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he tore his clothes.

    30And he returned to his brothers, and said, The child is not; and I, where shall I go?

    31And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;

    32And they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father; and said, This we have found: know now whether it is your son's coat or not.

    33And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.

    34And Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

  • Gen 37:2-6
    5 verses
    81%

    2These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought their evil report to their father.

    3Now 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 colors.

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

    5And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers: and they hated him even more.

    6And he said to them, Listen, I pray you, to this dream which I have dreamed:

  • Gen 37:24
    77%

    24And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

  • Gen 37:17-20
    4 verses
    77%

    17And the man said, They have departed from here; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.

    18And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.

    19And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer comes.

    20Come now therefore, and let us kill him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast has devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

  • Gen 37:22
    74%

    22And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

  • Gen 45:4
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    4And Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

  • Gen 37:12
    73%

    12And his brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

  • Gen 42:7-9
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    73%

    7And Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly to them; and he said to them, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

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

    9And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said to them, You are spies; to see the nakedness of the land you have come.

  • Gen 41:42
    72%

    42Then Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph's hand; and he dressed him in garments of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck.

  • Matt 27:28
    72%

    28And they stripped him and put on him a scarlet robe.

  • Gen 45:1
    72%

    1Then Joseph could not restrain himself before all those who stood by him; and he cried, Make every man go out from me. So no man stood with him while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

  • Gen 44:13
    72%

    13Then they tore their clothes, and loaded every man his donkey, and returned to the city.

  • Gen 39:18
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    18And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried out, that he left his garment with me, and fled outside.

  • Gen 39:13
    71%

    13And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and had fled,