And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
And it came to pass, when Joseph came unto his brothers, that they stripped Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colors that was on him;
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors.
And they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: see now whether it be your son's coat or not.
And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.
He that covers his sins shall not prosper: but whosoever confesses and forsakes them shall have mercy.