Genesis 37:31

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 37:23 : 23 When Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his tunic, the special tunic that he wore.
  • 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.
  • Prov 28:13 : 13 The one who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses them and forsakes them will find mercy.

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  • Gen 37:32-34
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    88%

    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 37:22-24
    3 verses
    84%

    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.)

    23When Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his tunic, the special tunic that he wore.

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

  • Gen 37:2-5
    4 verses
    78%

    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.

  • Gen 37:26-30
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    77%

    26Then Judah said to his brothers,“What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

    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?”

  • Gen 37:17-20
    4 verses
    75%

    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 27:15-16
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    15Then Rebekah took her older son Esau’s best clothes, which she had with her in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob.

    16She put the skins of the young goats on his hands and the smooth part of his neck.

  • Gen 42:22
    72%

    22Reuben said to them,“Didn’t I say to you,‘Don’t sin against the boy,’ but you wouldn’t listen? So now we must pay for shedding his blood!”

  • Gen 37:12
    71%

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

  • Gen 27:9
    71%

    9Go to the flock and get me two of the best young goats. I’ll prepare them in a tasty way for your father, just the way he loves them.

  • Gen 50:15
    70%

    15When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said,“What if Joseph bears a grudge and wants to repay us in full for all the harm we did to him?”

  • 2 Chr 35:11
    70%

    11They slaughtered the Passover lambs and the priests splashed the blood, while the Levites skinned the animals.

  • Gen 44:2
    70%

    2Then put my cup– the silver cup– in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the money for his grain.” He did as Joseph instructed.

  • Gen 50:17
    70%

    17‘Tell Joseph this: Please forgive the sin of your brothers and the wrong they did when they treated you so badly.’ Now please forgive the sin of the servants of the God of your father.” When this message was reported to him, Joseph wept.

  • Gen 45:4
    69%

    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.

  • Lev 8:19
    69%

    19and he slaughtered it. Moses then splashed the blood against the altar’s sides.