Genesis 37:23

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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Joseph	יוֹסֵ֖ף yo.Sef	H3130	Joseph · proper noun, a man's name
come	בָּ֥א ba'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
brethren	אֶחָ֑יו 'e.Chav	H251	a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relation… · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
stript	וַיַּפְשִׁ֤יטוּ vai.yaf.Shi.tu	H6584	to spread out (i.e. deploy in hostile array) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
Joseph	יוֹסֵף֙ yo.Sef	H3130	Joseph · proper noun, a man's name
of	אֵת ʼêth	H854	properly
coat	כֻּתָּנְתּ֔וֹ ku.ta.ne.To	H3801	a shirt · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
coat	כְּתֹ֥נֶת ke.To.net	H3801	a shirt · noun, common feminine singular construct
colours	הַפַּסִּ֖ים ha.pa.Sim	H6446	a long and sleeved tunic (perhaps simply a wide one · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Genesis 37:3 Now 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 colours.
Genesis 37:31-33 And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
Genesis 42:21 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and…
Matthew 27:28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
Psalms 22:18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 37:23-30

We have here the execution of their plot against Joseph. 1. They stripped him, each striving to seize the envied coat of many colours, Gen 37:23. Thus, in imagination, they degraded him from the birthright, of which perhaps this was the badge, grieving him, affronting their father, and making themselves sport, while they insulted over him. "Now, Joseph, where is the fine coat?" Thus our Lord Jesus was stripped of his seamless coat, and thus his suffering saints have first been industriously divested of their privileges and honours, and then made the off-scouring of all things. 2. They went about to starve him, throwing him into a dry pit, to perish there with hunger and cold, so cruel were t…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 37:23

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).

Adam Clarke on Genesis 37:23

They stripped Joseph out of his coat - This probably was done that, if ever found, he might not be discerned to be a person of distinction, and consequently, no inquiry made concerning him.

John Gill on Genesis 37:23

And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren,.... To the very place where they were, and had, in a kind and obliging manner, asked of their welfare, and related their father's concern for them, who had sent him on this errand: that they stripped, Joseph out of his coat; his coat of many colours, that was on him; according to Jarchi and Aben Ezra, this was not one and the same coat, but divers, and that the sense is, that with his coat of many colours, and besides that, they stripped him of his lower garment, which was next to his skin, his shirt; so that he was quite naked when they cast him into the pit, and this they did as soon as he came up to them, so cruel and hardheart…

The Church Fathers

Accordingly, even at that time, the cross that was to come was prefigured in sign; and at the same time that he was stripped of his tunic, that is, of the flesh he took on, he was stripped of the handsome diversity of colors that represented the virtues. Therefore his tunic, that is, his flesh, was stained with blood, but not his divinity; and his enemies were able to take from him his covering of flesh but not his immortal life.
— Ambrose of Milan, On Joseph the Patriarch

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Dictionary and topics

Dress — (1.) Materials used. The earliest and simplest an apron of fig-leaves sewed together (Gen. 3:7); then skins of animals (3:21). Elijah’s dress was probably the skin of a sheep (2 Kings 1:8). The…
Reuben — Behold a son!, the eldest son of Jacob and Leah (Gen. 29:32). His sinful conduct, referred to in Gen. 35:22, brought down upon him his dying father’s malediction (48:4). He showed kindness to Joseph,…
Jealousy · .Joseph’s brothers, of Joseph — .Joseph’s brothers, of Joseph
Joseph · .His father’s partiality for, excites the jealousy of his brethren — .His father’s partiality for, excites the jealousy of his brethren
Reuben · Adroitly seeks to save Joseph from the conspiracy of his brothers — Adroitly seeks to save Joseph from the conspiracy of his brothers

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Genesis 37:23

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 37:23-30

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 37:23

Adam Clarke on Genesis 37:23

John Gill on Genesis 37:23

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 37:23

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 37:23-30

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 37:23

Adam Clarke on Genesis 37:23

John Gill on Genesis 37:23

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Genesis 37:23-24

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 37:21-24

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 37:23

Rashi on Genesis 37:23