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Genesis 37

Gen. 37:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And it came to pass, when Joseph
Yowceph (Hebrew #3130)
let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
KJV usage: Joseph. Compare 3084.
Pronounce: yo-safe'
Origin: future of 3254
was come
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
unto his brethren
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
, that they stript
'eth (Hebrew #853)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
KJV usage: (as such unrepresented in English).
Pronounce: ayth
Origin: apparent contracted from 226 in the demonstrative sense of entity
pashat (Hebrew #6584)
to spread out (i.e. deploy in hostile array); by analogy, to strip (i.e. unclothe, plunder, flay, etc.)
KJV usage: fall upon, flay, invade, make an invasion, pull off, put off, make a road, run upon, rush, set, spoil, spread selves (abroad), strip (off, self).
Pronounce: paw-shat'
Origin: a primitive root
Joseph
Yowceph (Hebrew #3130)
let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
KJV usage: Joseph. Compare 3084.
Pronounce: yo-safe'
Origin: future of 3254
i out of
'eth (Hebrew #854)
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.
KJV usage: against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.
Pronounce: ayth
Origin: probably from 579
his coat
kthoneth (Hebrew #3801)
from an unused root meaning to cover (compare 3802); a shirt
KJV usage: coat, garment, robe.
Pronounce: keth-o'-neth
Origin: or kuttoneth {koot-to'-neth}
, his coat
kthoneth (Hebrew #3801)
from an unused root meaning to cover (compare 3802); a shirt
KJV usage: coat, garment, robe.
Pronounce: keth-o'-neth
Origin: or kuttoneth {koot-to'-neth}
of many ζcolors
pac (Hebrew #6446)
properly, the palm (of the hand) or sole (of the foot) (compare 6447); by implication (plural) a long and sleeved tunic (perhaps simply a wide one; from the original sense of the root, i.e. of many breadths)
KJV usage: (divers) colours.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: from 6461
k that was on him;
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Matt. 27:28• 28And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. (Matt. 27:28)
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Gen. 37:3• 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 colors. (Gen. 37:3)
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or, pieces.

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Brethren,
Coat,
Joseph

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Ministry on This Verse

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stript.
Gen. 37:3,31‑33• 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 colors.
 31And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
 32And they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no.
 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. (Gen. 37:3,31‑33)
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Gen. 42:21• 21And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us. (Gen. 42:21)
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Psa. 22:18• 18They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. (Psa. 22:18)
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Matt. 27:28• 28And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. (Matt. 27:28)
colours.
or, pieces.
Gen. 37:3• 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 colors. (Gen. 37:3)
• As in the case of Joseph, the stripping was only the prelude to the pit, so with Christ, the rejection of every witness to His glory, led man at last with wicked hands to deliver Him to death. (“Rejected and Sold” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And it came to pass when Joseph came to his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his vest, the vest of many colours, which he had on;