23And 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;
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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.
And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; …
They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 23-30)We have here the execution of their plot against Joseph. 1. They stripped him, each striving to seize the envied coat of many colours, Gen. 37:23. Thus, in imagination, they degraded him from the birthright, of which perhaps this was the badge, grieving him, affronting their father, and making themselves sport, while they insulted over him. “Now, Joseph, where is the fine coat?” Thus our Lord Jesu…
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