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Selected Verse: Genesis 37:23 - Strong Concordance

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Ge 37:23 Strong Concordance And it came to pass, when Joseph [03130] was come [0935] unto his brethren [0251], that they stript [06584] [0853] Joseph [03130] out of [0854] his coat [03801], his coat [03801] of many colours [06446] that was on him;
  King James And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
they stripped Joseph out of his coat . . . of many colors--Imagine him advancing in all the unsuspecting openness of brotherly affection. How astonished and terrified must he have been at the cold reception, the ferocious aspect, the rough usage of his unnatural assailants! A vivid picture of his state of agony and despair was afterwards drawn by themselves (compare Gen 42:21).
 
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21 And they said [0559] one [0376] to another [0251], We are verily [061] guilty [0818] concerning our brother [0251], in that [0834] we saw [07200] the anguish [06869] of his soul [05315], when he besought [02603] us, and we would not hear [08085]; therefore is this distress [06869] come [0935] upon us.