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24And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

Genesis 37:24

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Matthew Henry

(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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