God’s Word Translation
Genesis 37:31
31So they took Joseph’s robe, killed a goat, and dipped the robe in the blood.
Genesis 37:31 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
- New International Version (NIV)Then they got Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then they took Joseph's robe and slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So they took Joseph’s tunic, killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the tunic in the blood.
Context of Genesis 37:31
29When Reuben came back to the cistern and saw that Joseph was no longer there, he tore his clothes in grief. 30He went back to his brothers and said, “The boy isn’t there! What am I going to do?” So they took Joseph’s robe, killed a goat, and dipped the robe in the blood. 32Then they brought the special robe with long sleeves to their father and said, “We found this. You better examine it to see whether it’s your son’s robe or not.” 33He recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A wild animal has eaten him! Joseph must have been torn to pieces!”
Read all of Genesis 37Genesis 37:31 word by word
וַיִּקְח֖וּ אֶת־כְּתֹ֣נֶת יוֹסֵ֑ף וַֽיִּשְׁחֲטוּ֙ שְׂעִ֣יר עִזִּ֔ים וַיִּטְבְּל֥וּ אֶת־הַכֻּתֹּ֖נֶת בַּדָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And they tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
- Joseph’sיוֹסֵףyôsêph · JosephH3130
- coatכֻּתֹּ֫נֶתkethôneth kûttôneth · tunicH3801
- and killedשָׁחַטshâchaţ · to slaughterH7819
- a kidשָׂעִירώâ‛îyr ώâ‛ir · he-goatH8163
- of the goatsעֵז‛êz · goatH5795
- and dippedטָבַלţâbal · to dipH2881
- in the bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
Cross-references for Genesis 37:31
Commentaries on Genesis 37:31
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-36Verses 1-36 - Joseph Was Sold into Egypt 17. דתין dotayı̂n Dothain, “two wells?” (Gesenius) 25. נכאת neko't “tragacanth” or goat‘s-thorn gum, yielded by the “astragalus gummifer”, a native of Mount Lebanon. צרי tsērı̂y “opobalsamum,” the resin of the balsam tree, growing in Gilead, and having healing qualities. לט loṭ ͂ lēdon “ledum, ladanum,” in the Septuagint ́ staktē The former is a gum produced from the cistus rose. The latter is a gum resembling…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31-36Verses 31-36 When Satan has taught men to commit one sin, he teaches them to try to conceal it with another; to hide theft and murder, with lying and false oaths: but he that covers his sin shall not prosper long. Joseph's brethren kept their own and one another's counsel for some time; but their villany came to light at last, and it is here published to the world. To grieve their father, they sent him Joseph's coat of colours; and he hastily thought, on…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31-35The family’s long pattern of deception influenced the brothers. Jacob had used a young goat to deceive Isaac (27:5–17). Now Jacob’s sons deceived him using a goat (see study note on 30:34–36).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 31-3331-33. they took Joseph's coat--The commission of one sin necessarily leads to another to conceal it; and the scheme of deception which the sons of Jacob planned and practised on their aged father was a necessary consequence of the atrocious crime they had perpetrated. What a wonder that their cruel sneer, "thy son's coat," and their forced efforts to comfort him, did not awaken suspicion! But extreme grief, like every other passion, is blind, and Jacob…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 37
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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