32And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no.
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But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. …
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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