And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
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And they sent the coat of many colours,.... Which was what they dipped in the blood of the kid; this they sent to Jacob in such a condition, by the hand of some messenger; the Targum of Jonathan says,…
- Joseph Was Sold into Egypt 17. דתין dotayı̂n Dothain, “two wells?” (Gesenius) 25. נכאת neko't “tragacanth” or goat’s-thorn gum, yielded by the “astragalus gummifer”, a native of Mount Lebanon. צרי…
I. Joseph would soon be missed, great enquiry would be made for him, and therefore his brethren have a further design, to make the world believe that Joseph was torn in pieces by a wild beast; and…
The continuation of the J clause in Gen 37:37. Having sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites, the brothers have to plan how to explain his disappearance to Jacob.
According to J, they sent the coat to Jacob:…