Genesis 37:23

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

When Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his tunic, the special tunic that he wore.

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  • Gen 37:3 : 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because he was a son born to him late in life, and he made a special tunic for him.
  • Gen 37:31-33 : 31 So they took Joseph’s tunic, killed a young goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood. 32 Then they brought the special tunic to their father and said,“We found this. Determine now whether it is your son’s tunic or not.” 33 He recognized it and exclaimed,“It is my son’s tunic! A wild animal has eaten him! Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”
  • Gen 42:21 : 21 They said to one another,“Surely we’re being punished because of our brother, because we saw how distressed he was when he cried to us for mercy, but we refused to listen. That is why this distress has come on us!”
  • Matt 27:28 : 28 They stripped him and put a scarlet robe around him,
  • Ps 22:18 : 18 They are dividing up my clothes among themselves; they are rolling dice for my garments.

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  • Gen 37:27-34
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    86%

    27Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let’s not lay a hand on him, for after all, he is our brother, our own flesh.” His brothers agreed.

    28So when the Midianite merchants passed by, Joseph’s brothers pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites then took Joseph to Egypt.

    29Later Reuben returned to the cistern to find that Joseph was not in it! He tore his clothes,

    30returned to his brothers, and said,“The boy isn’t there! And I, where can I go?”

    31So they took Joseph’s tunic, killed a young goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood.

    32Then they brought the special tunic to their father and said,“We found this. Determine now whether it is your son’s tunic or not.”

    33He recognized it and exclaimed,“It is my son’s tunic! A wild animal has eaten him! Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”

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

  • Gen 37:2-6
    5 verses
    81%

    2This is the account of Jacob.Joseph, his seventeen-year-old son, was taking care of the flocks with his brothers. Now he was a youngster working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.

    3Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because he was a son born to him late in life, and he made a special tunic for him.

    4When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated Joseph and were not able to speak to him kindly.

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

    6He said to them,“Listen to this dream I had:

  • Gen 37:24
    77%

    24Then they took him and threw him into the cistern.(Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it.)

  • Gen 37:17-20
    4 verses
    77%

    17The man said,“They left this area, for I heard them say,‘Let’s go to Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.

    18Now Joseph’s brothers saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.

    19They said to one another,“Here comes this master of dreams!

    20Come now, let’s kill him, throw him into one of the cisterns, and then say that a wild animal ate him. Then we’ll see how his dreams turn out!”

  • Gen 37:22
    74%

    22Reuben continued,“Don’t shed blood! Throw him into this cistern that is here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.”(Reuben said this so he could rescue Joseph from them and take him back to his father.)

  • Gen 45:4
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    4Joseph said to his brothers,“Come closer to me,” so they came near. Then he said,“I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

  • Gen 37:12
    73%

    12When his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks near Shechem,

  • Gen 42:7-9
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    73%

    7When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger to them and spoke to them harshly. He asked,“Where do you come from?” They answered,“From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food.”

    8Joseph recognized his brothers, but 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 if our land is vulnerable!”

  • Gen 41:42
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    42Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his own hand and put it on Joseph’s. He clothed him with fine linen clothes and put a gold chain around his neck.

  • Matt 27:28
    72%

    28They stripped him and put a scarlet robe around him,

  • Gen 45:1
    72%

    1The Reconciliation of the Brothers Joseph was no longer able to control himself before all his attendants, so he cried out,“Make everyone go out from my presence!” No one remained with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.

  • Gen 44:13
    72%

    13They all tore their clothes! Then each man loaded his donkey, and they returned to the city.

  • Gen 39:18
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    18but when I raised my voice and screamed, he left his outer garment and ran outside.”

  • Gen 39:13
    71%

    13When she saw that he had left his outer garment in her hand and had run outside,