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32 Then they sent the robe with long sleeves[a] and they brought it to their father and said, “We found this; please examine it. Is it the robe of your son or not?” 33 And he recognized it and said, “The robe of my son! A wild animal has devoured him! Joseph is surely torn to pieces!” 34 And Jacob tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 37:32 Or “of many colors”

32 They took the ornate robe(A) back to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe.”

33 He recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! Some ferocious animal(B) has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces.”(C)

34 Then Jacob tore his clothes,(D) put on sackcloth(E) and mourned for his son many days.(F)

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