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Genesis 37:22-24
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Genesis 37:22-24
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
22 Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood; throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him”—that he might rescue him out of their hand and restore him to his father. 23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the ornamented robe[a] that he wore, 24 and they took him and threw him into a pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it.
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- 37.23 Or (compare Gk): a coat of many colors; meaning of Heb uncertain
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