23So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe-the richly ornamented robe he was wearing-


In Context

20 "Come now, let's kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we'll see what comes of his dreams."

21 When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. "Let's not take his life," he said.

22 "Don't shed any blood. Throw him into this cistern here in the desert, but don't lay a hand on him." Reuben said this to rescue him from them and take him back to his father.

23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe-the richly ornamented robe he was wearing-

24 and they took him and threw him into the cistern. Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it.

25 As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with spices, balm and myrrh, and they were on their way to take them down to Egypt.

Genesis 37:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

37:23And 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;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

37:23And as soon as he came to his brethren, they forthwith stript him of his outside coat, that was of divers colours:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

37:23And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:23And it came to pass when Joseph came to his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his vest, the vest of many colours, which he had on;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

37:23And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colours that was on him;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:23And it came to pass when Joseph had come to his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, his coat of many colors that was on him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:23It happened, when Joseph came to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

37:23And it cometh to pass, when Joseph hath come unto his brethren, that they strip Joseph of his coat, the long coat which is upon him,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

37:23And it came to pass, when Joseph was come to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colors that was on him;