Genesis 37:32
And they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father; and said, This we have found: know now whether it is your son's coat or not.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
They sent the ornate tunic to their father and said, "We found this. Please examine it to see whether it is your son's tunic or not."
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
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.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
and they sent{H7971} the coat{H3801} of many colors,{H6446} and they brought{H935} it to their father,{H1} and said,{H559} This have we found:{H4672} know{H5234} now whether it is thy son's{H1121} coat{H3801} or not.
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And they sent{H7971}{(H8762)} the coat{H3801} of many colours{H6446}, and they brought{H935}{(H8686)} it to their father{H1}; and said{H559}{(H8799)}, This have we found{H4672}{(H8804)}: know{H5234}{(H8685)} now whether it be thy son's{H1121} coat{H3801} or no.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
And they sent that gay coote and caused it to be brought vnto their father and sayd: This haue we founde: se whether it be thy sones coote or no.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
and sent awaye that partie coloured cote, and caused it be brought vnto their father and sayde: This haue we founde, loke, whether it be thy sonnes coate, or no.
Geneva Bible (1560)
So they sent that particoloured coat, and they brought it vnto their father, and saide, This haue we founde: see nowe, whether it be thy sonnes coate, or no.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And they sent that partie coloured coate, and caused it to be brought vnto their father, and sayde: This haue we founde, see whether it be thy sonnes coate, or no.
Authorized 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.
Webster's Bible (1833)
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."
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
and send the long coat, and they bring `it' in unto their father, and say, `This have we found; discern, we pray thee, whether it `is' thy son's coat 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.
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.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And they took the coat to their father, and said, We came across this; is it your son's coat or not?
World English Bible (2000)
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."
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Then they brought the special tunic to their father and said,“We found this. Determine now whether it is your son’s tunic or not.”
Referenced Verses
- Gen 37:3 : 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.
- Gen 44:20-23 : 20 And we said to 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 loves him. 21 And you said to your servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes upon him. 22 And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die. 23 And you said to your servants, Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall see my face no more.
- Luke 15:30 : 30 But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Gen 37:27-315 verses88%
27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brothers were content.
28 Then Midianite merchants passed by; and they drew and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
29 And Reuben returned to the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he tore his clothes.
30 And he returned to his brothers, and said, The child is not; and I, where shall I go?
31 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
- Gen 37:33-342 verses86%
33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.
34 And Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
- Gen 37:22-243 verses86%
22 And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
23 And it came to pass, when Joseph came to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colors that was on him;
24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
- Gen 37:2-43 verses80%
2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought their evil report to their father.
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.
4 And when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
- Gen 37:16-205 verses76%
16 And he said, I seek my brothers: tell me, I pray you, where they feed their flocks.
17 And the man said, They have departed from here; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.
18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.
19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer comes.
20 Come now therefore, and let us kill him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast has devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
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29 And they came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them; saying,
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16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Your father did command before he died, saying,
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15 And Joseph said to them, What deed is this that you have done? Do you not know that such a man as I can certainly divine?
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12 And his brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
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13 And they said, Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more.
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35 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.
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4 And Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.
- Gen 42:7-82 verses72%
7 And Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly to them; and he said to them, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
8 And Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.
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7 And they said, The man asked us specifically about our state and kindred, saying, Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother? And we answered him according to these words: could we know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
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32 We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.