Then they took Joseph’s robe and slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood.
Genesis 44:28 - English Standard Version 2016 One left me, and I said, “Surely he has been torn to pieces,” and I have never seen him since. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn to pieces, and I have never seen him since. American Standard Version (1901) and the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I have not seen him since: Common English Bible One disappeared and I said, “He must have been torn up by a wild animal,” and I haven’t seen him since. Catholic Public Domain Version One went out, and you said, "A beast devoured him." And since then, he has not appeared. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version One went out, and you said: A beast devoured him. And hitherto he appeareth not. |
Then they took Joseph’s robe and slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood.
And he identified it and said, “It is my son’s robe. A fierce animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces.”
And Jacob their father said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and now you would take Benjamin. All this has come against me.”
But he said, “My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is the only one left. If harm should happen to him on the journey that you are to make, you would bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”