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Genesis 37:33

King James Version (KJV)

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Genesis 37:33

Verse 33 of 36

Scripture focus

And he knew it, and said, [It is] my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.

Genesis 37:33 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Genesis 37:33

Theological / Devotional

Rent in pieces. Jacob’s sons had not only besmeared the coat with blood but had also doubtless torn it to shreds to make the evidence of Joseph’s misfortune more vivid and their story more credible. All too eloquently the rent coat bore its mute testimony to the fate that had presumably overtaken the youth. The object that once symbolized Jacob’s unwise favoritism for Joseph now came to represent the undoing of both father and son.

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