Come now therefore, and let's kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, 'An evil animal has devoured him.' We will see what will become of his dreams.*
Genesis 37:32 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) They took the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, *We have found this. Examine it, now, whether it is your son's coat or not.* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they sent the garment to their father, saying, We have found this! Examine and decide whether it is your son's tunic or not. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible They took the long robe, brought it to their father, and said, “We found this. See if it’s your son’s robe or not.” Catholic Public Domain Version sending those who carried it to their father, and they said: "We found this. See whether it is the tunic of your son or not." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Sending some to carry it to their father, and to say: This we have found; see whether it be thy son's coat, or not. |
Come now therefore, and let's kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, 'An evil animal has devoured him.' We will see what will become of his dreams.*
Now Yisra'el loved Yosef more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a coat of many colors.
They took Yosef's coat, and killed a male goat, and dipped the coat in the blood.
He recognized it, and said, *It is my son's coat. An evil animal has devoured him. Yosef is without doubt torn in pieces.*
When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, *By the man, whose these are, I am with child.* She also said, *Please discern whose are these--the signet, and the cords, and the staff.*
But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.'