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Genesis 37

Gen. 37:31 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And they took
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
Joseph’s
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
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}
b, and killed
shachat (Hebrew #7819)
to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)
KJV usage: kill, offer, shoot out, slay, slaughter.
Pronounce: shaw-khat'
Origin: a primitive root
a kid
sa`iyr (Hebrew #8163)
from 8175; shaggy; as noun, a he-goat; by analogy, a faun
KJV usage: devil, goat, hairy, kid, rough, satyr.
Pronounce: saw-eer'
Origin: or sabir {saw-eer'}
of the goats
`ez (Hebrew #5795)
a she-goat (as strong), but masculine in plural (which also is used ellipt. for goat's hair)
KJV usage: (she) goat, kid.
Pronounce: aze
Origin: from 5810
, and dipped
tabal (Hebrew #2881)
to dip, to immerse
KJV usage: dip, plunge.
Pronounce: taw-bal'
Origin: a primitive root
the 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}
in the blood
dam (Hebrew #1818)
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
KJV usage: blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), + innocent.
Pronounce: dawm
Origin: from 1826 (compare 119)
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Gen. 37:23• 23And 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; (Gen. 37:23)

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Blood,
Coat,
Goat,
Joseph,
Kid

Cross References

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Gen. 37:3,23• 3And Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was son of his old age; and he made him a vest of many colours.
 23And 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; (Gen. 37:3,23)
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Prov. 28:13• 13He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy. (Prov. 28:13)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And they took Joseph’s vest, and slaughtered a buck of the goats, and dipped the vest in the blood;