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Genesis 37:31

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And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
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  1. Genesis 37:23Rank 1 from verse 31
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    23¶ 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;

  2. Genesis 37:3Rank 2 from verse 31
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    3Now 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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    13He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

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Genesis 37:31

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killed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of kill, meaning to cause death, slay, put to death, or destroy life.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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blood

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Sense 1: The bodily fluid associated with physical life. Sense 2: Life taken, bloodshed, or guilt and responsibility for it. Sense 3: Kindred, shared human descent, or natural human nature. Sense 4: The juice of grapes.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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30And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?

31And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;

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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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