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Genesis 37:31

Joseph
Sin

29 When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,

30 returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”

Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.

32 They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe or not.”

33 His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”

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BSB
Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.
KJV
And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
WEB
They took Joseph’s tunic, and killed a male goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood.
ASV
And they took Joseph`s coat, and killed a he-goat, and dipped the coat in the blood;
DARBY
And they took Joseph's vest, and slaughtered a buck of the goats, and dipped the vest in the blood;
BLB
And they took the tunic of Joseph and they slaughtered a kid of the goats and they dipped the tunic in the blood.
ÅB
Så tok de Josefs kjortel og slaktet en geitebukk og dyppet kjortelen i blodet.
OTB
De tok Josefs kjortel, slaktet en geit, og dyppet kjortelen i blodet.
B1930
Så tok de Josefs kjortel og slaktet en gjetebukk og dyppet kjortelen i blodet.

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  • Genesis 37:23

    So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—

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  • Genesis 37:3

    Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.

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  • Proverbs 28:13

    He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

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