Genesis 37:31
And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
And they tooke Iosephs coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood.
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Genesis 37:31
Sense 1: An outer garment or tunic. Sense 2: A covering.
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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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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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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.
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37:29¶ And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
37:29¶ And Reuben returned vnto the pit, and behold, Ioseph was not in the pit: and he rent his clothes.
37:30And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?
37:30And hee returned vnto his brethren and said, The childe is not, and I, whither shall I goe?
37:31And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
37:31And they tooke Iosephs coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood.
Selected passage37:32And 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.
37:32And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father, and said, This haue we found: know now whether it bee thy sonnes coat or no.
37:33And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
37:33And he knew it, and said, It is my sonnes coat: an *euil beast hath deuoured him; Ioseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
37:34And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
37:34And Iacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth vpon his loines, & mourned for his sonne many dayes.
37:35And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
37:35And all his sonnes, and all his daughters rose vp to comfort him: but he refused to be comforted: and he said, For I will goe downe into the graue vnto my sonne, mourning; thus his father wept for him.
37:36And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.
37:36And the Medanites sold him into Egypt vnto Potiphar, an †officer of Pharaohs, and †‖captaine of the guard.