John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 37:32
Gen 37:32 And they sent the coat of [many] colours, and they brought [it] to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it [be] thy son’s coat or no. Ver. 32. Know now whether it be thy son’s coat.] One Philip, bishop of Beauvieu, in France, in the time of our Richard I, being a martial man, and much annoying our borders, was by King Richard in a skirmish happily taken, and put in prison. The bishop hereupon complained to the Pope, who wrote in the behalf of his son, as an... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 37:31
Gen 37:31 And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; Ver. 31. And dipped the coat in the blood. ] That Jacob might think his son Joseph was dead; and so make no further inquiry after him. read more