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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 was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colors that was on him; (Gen. 37:23)

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Blood,
Coat,
Goat,
Joseph,
Kid

Cross References

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Gen. 37:3,23• 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.
 23And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colors that was on him; (Gen. 37:3,23)
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Prov. 28:13• 13He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have 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;