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Genesis 37:32
Genesis 37:32 is verse 32 of Genesis chapter 37, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
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.”
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
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.”
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Genesis 37:30–34 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
32 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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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 37:3Now 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.
Genesis 44:20And 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.’
Genesis 44:21Then you told your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so that I can see him for myself.’
Genesis 44:22So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’
Genesis 44:23But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’
Luke 15:30But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’