31And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
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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;
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
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.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 31-36)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. Note, We have all learned of Adam to cover our transgression, Job 31:33. When the devil has taught m…
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