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Genesis 37:31

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

KJV

Tulerunt autem tunicam ejus, et in sanguine hædi, quem occiderant, tinxerunt :

Vulgate

λαβόντες δὲ τὸν χιτῶνα τοῦ Ἰωσὴφ ἔσφαξαν ἔριφον αἰγῶν καὶ ἐμόλυναν τὸν χιτῶνα αἵματι.

LXX

And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a he-goat, and dipped the coat in the blood;

ASV

וַ/יִּקְח֖וּ אֶת כְּתֹ֣נֶת יוֹסֵ֑ף וַֽ/יִּשְׁחֲטוּ֙ שְׂעִ֣יר עִזִּ֔ים וַ/יִּטְבְּל֥וּ אֶת הַ/כֻּתֹּ֖נֶת בַּ/דָּֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
וֹ
v
noun · 356×
יִּטְבֹּ֤ל
ytbl
verb · 16×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
יוֹסֵ֖ף
yvsp
proper_noun · 213×
כְּתֹ֣נֶת
ktnt
noun · 29×
ם
m
verb · 82×
עִזִּ֥ים
'zym
noun · 74×
שְׂעִיר
sh'yr
noun · 59×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 37:3 — 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 colours.
  • Gen 37:23 — And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
  • Gen 37:23 — And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
  • Prov 28:13 — He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.