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Genesis 37:32

What does Genesis 37:32 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 37:32 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And they took the coat to their father, and said, We came across this; is it your son's coat or not?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and send the long coat, and they bring <FI>it<Fi> in unto their father, and say, `This have we found; discern, we pray thee, whether it <FI>is<Fi> thy son's coat or not?'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and they sent the vest of many colours and had it carried to their father, and said, This have we found: discern now whether it is thy son's vest or not.

Context

v.31And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a he-goat, and dipped the coat in the blood;

v.32This passage

v.33And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat: an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Luke 15:30

    but when this thy son came, who hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou killedst for him the fatted calf.

  • Genesis 44:20

    And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loveth him.

  • Genesis 37:3

    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.

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