Then they took Joseph's robe, slaughtered a goat, and dipped the robe in the blood.
Genesis 44:28 - New Revised Standard Version 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, slaughtered a goat, and dipped the robe in the blood.
He recognized it, and said, “It is my son's robe! A wild animal has devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces.”
And their father Jacob said to them, “I am the one you have bereaved of children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and now you would take Benjamin. All this has happened to me!”
But he said, “My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If harm should come to him on the journey that you are to make, you would bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”