Genesis 37:23

World English Bible (2000)

It happened, when Joseph came to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the 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 They took Joseph's coat, and killed a male goat, and dipped the coat in the blood. 32 They took the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, "We have found this. Examine it, now, whether it is your son's coat or not." 33 He recognized it, and said, "It is my son's coat. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces."
  • Gen 42:21 : 21 They said one to another, "We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn't listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us."
  • Matt 27:28 : 28 They stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him.
  • Ps 22:18 : 18 They divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.

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  • Gen 37:27-34
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    27 Come, and let's sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh." His brothers listened to him.

    28 Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. They brought Joseph into Egypt.

    29 Reuben returned to the pit; and saw that Joseph wasn't in the pit; and he tore his clothes.

    30 He returned to his brothers, and said, "The child is no more; and I, where will I go?"

    31 They took Joseph's coat, and killed a male goat, and dipped the coat in the blood.

    32 They took the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, "We have found this. Examine it, now, whether it is your son's coat or not."

    33 He recognized it, and said, "It is my son's coat. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces."

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

  • Gen 37:2-6
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    2 This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.

    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.

    4 His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn't speak peaceably to him.

    5 Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.

    6 He said to them, "Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:

  • Gen 37:24
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    24 and 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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    17 The man said, "They have left here, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.

    18 They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.

    19 They said one to another, "Behold, this dreamer comes.

    20 Come now therefore, and let's kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, 'An evil animal has devoured him.' We will see what will become of his dreams."

  • Gen 37:22
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    22 Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him"--that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.

  • Gen 45:4
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    4 Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please." They came near. "He said, I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

  • Gen 37:12
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    12 His brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

  • Gen 42:7-9
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    7 Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, "Where did you come from?" They said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food."

    8 Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn't recognize him.

    9 Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land."

  • Gen 41:42
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    42 Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in robes of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck,

  • Matt 27:28
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    28 They stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him.

  • Gen 45:1
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    1 Then Joseph couldn't control himself before all those who stood before him, and he cried, "Cause everyone to go out from me!" No one else stood with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

  • Gen 44:13
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    13 Then they tore their clothes, and each man loaded his donkey, and returned to the city.

  • Gen 39:18
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    18 and it happened, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and ran outside."

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