Génesis 37:31

Listen to Génesis 37:31
31 Entonces tomaron ellos la ropa de Jos茅, y degollaron un cabrito de las cabras, y ti帽ieron la ropa con la sangre;

Génesis 37:31 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 37:31

And they took Joseph's coat
After they had told Reuben what they had done with him, who being willing to make the best of things as it was, joined with them in the following scheme: by this it appears, that when they took Joseph out of the pit they did not put his coat on him, but sold him naked, or almost so, to the merchants: and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
that being, as the Targum of Jonathan and Jarchi observe, most like to human blood.

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Génesis 37:31 In-Context

29 Y Rub茅n volvi贸 a la cisterna, y no hall贸 a Jos茅 dentro, y rasg贸 sus vestidos.
30 Y torn贸 a sus hermanos y dijo: El joven no parece; y yo, 驴ad贸nde ir茅 yo?
31 Entonces tomaron ellos la ropa de Jos茅, y degollaron un cabrito de las cabras, y ti帽ieron la ropa con la sangre;
32 y enviaron la ropa de colores y la trajeron a su padre, y dijeron: Esta hemos hallado, reconoce ahora si es o no la ropa de tu hijo.
33 Y 茅l la conoci贸, y dijo: La ropa de mi hijo es; alguna mala bestia le devor贸; Jos茅 ha sido despedazado.
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