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Genesis 37:32

Sin

30 returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”

31 Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.

They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe or not.”

33 His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”

34 Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

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BSB
They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe or not.”
KJV
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.
WEB
They took the tunic of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, “We have found this. Examine it, now, and see if it is your son’s tunic or not.”
ASV
and they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, This have we found: know now whether it is thy son`s coat or not.
DARBY
and they sent the vest of many colours and had it carried to their father, and said, This have we found: discern now whether it is thy son's vest or not.
BLB
And they sent the long sleeved tunic, and they brought [it] to their father and said, “We have found this. Please recognize, [is] it the tunic of your son or not.”
ÅB
Og de sendte den side kjortel hjem til faren og sa: Denne har vi funnet; se etter om det ikke er din sønns kjortel!
OTB
De brakte kjortelen med mange farger til deres far og sa: "Vi fant dette. Undersøk det for å se om det er din sønns kjortel."
B1930
Og de sendte den side kjortel hjem til faren og sa: Denne har vi funnet; se efter om det ikke er din sønns kjortel!

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Cross references

  • Luke 15:30

    But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’

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  • Genesis 44:20–23

    And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’

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  • Genesis 37:3

    Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.

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