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Genesis 37:32 KJV
Genesis · chapter 37 · verse 32
And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son’s coat or no.Genesis 37:32 · King James Version
Genesis 37:32 in context
30And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither 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 colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son’s coat or no.
33And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
34And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- colourspaça long and sleeved tunic (perhaps simply a wide oneH6446 →
- broughtbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- foundmâtsâʼproperly, to come forth toH4672 →
- son'sbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- sentshâlachto send away, for, or outH7971 →
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I. Joseph would soon be missed, great enquiry would be made for him, and therefore his brethren have a further design, to make the world believe that Joseph was torn in pieces by a wild beast; and this they did, 1. To clear themselves, that they might not be suspected to have done him any mischief.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 31-36