Genesis 37:32
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.
Genesis 37:32 in other translations
| BSB | 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.” |
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| WEB | They took the tunic of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, “We have found this. Examine it, now, and see if it is your son’s tunic or not.” |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | 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?' |
| DARBY | 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. |
| BBE | And they took the coat to their father, and said, We came across this; is it your son's coat or not? |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Genesis 37:32 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 37:31-33
31-33. they took Joseph's coat--The commission of one sin necessarily leads to another to conceal it; and the scheme of deception which the sons of Jacob planned and practised on their aged father was a necessary consequence of the atrocious crime they had perpetrated. What a wonder that their cruel sneer, "thy son's coat," and their forced efforts to comfort him, did not awaken suspicion! But extreme grief, like…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 37:31-36
When Satan has taught men to commit one sin, he teaches them to try to conceal it with another; to hide theft and murder, with lying and false oaths: but he that covers his sin shall not prosper long. Joseph's brethren kept their own and one another's counsel for some time; but their villany came to light at last, and it is here published to the world. To grieve their father, they sent him Joseph's coat of colours…
Genesis 37:32 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 37:32
- Luke 15:30
But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
- Genesis 44:20-23
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. And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him. And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die. And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
- 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 colours.
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Context
- Genesis 37:31
And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
- Genesis 37:32
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.
- Genesis 37:33
And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
Genesis 37:32 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y enviaron la ropa de colores y trajéronla á su padre, y dijeron: Esta hemos hallado, reconoce ahora si es ó no la ropa de tu hijo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et ils envoyèrent la tunique bigarrée, et la firent parvenir à leur père, et dirent: Nous avons trouvé ceci; reconnais si c’est la tunique de ton fils, ou non. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und sie schickten den langen Leibrock hin und ließen ihn ihrem Vater bringen und sagen: Dieses haben wir gefunden; erkenne doch, ob es der Leibrock deines Sohnes ist oder nicht. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | mittentes qui ferrent ad patrem, et dicerent: Hanc invenimus: vide utrum tunica filii tui sit, an non. |