Genesis 37:32
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe or not.””
A short, plain-language explanation of Genesis 37:32 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe or not.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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 · Public Domain“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?'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 37:32 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 37:3Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.
- Genesis 38:25As she was being brought out, Tamar sent a message to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.” And she added, “Please examine them. Whose seal and cord and staff are these?”
- Genesis 44:20And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
- Luke 15:30But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
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