Genesis 37:32
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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.

Genesis 37:3
Now Israel loved Joseph above all his sons, because he had him in his old age: and he made him a coat of divers colours.

Genesis 37:20
Come, let us kill him, and cast him into some old pit: and we will say: Some evil beast hath devoured him: and then it shall appear what his dreams avail him:

Genesis 37:31
And they took his coat, and dipped it in the blood of a kid, which they had killed:

Genesis 37:33
And the father acknowledging it, said: It is my son's coat, an evil wild beast hath eaten him, a beast hath devoured Joseph.

Genesis 38:25
But when she was led to execution, she sent to her father in law, saying: By the man, to whom these things belong, I am with child. See whose ring, and bracelet, and staff this is.

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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.

thy son's.

Genesis 37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph above all his sons, because he had him in his old age: and he made him a coat of divers colours.

Genesis 44:20-23 And we answered thee, my lord: We have a father an old man, and a young boy, that was born in his old age; whose brother by the mother is dead; and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him tenderly. . . .

Luke 15:30 But as soon as this thy son is come, who hath devoured his substance with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

Context
Jacob Mourns Joseph
31And they took his coat, and dipped it in the blood of a kid, which they had killed: 32Sending some to carry it to their father, and to say: This we have found: see whether it be thy son's coat, or not.33And the father acknowledging it, said: It is my son's coat, an evil wild beast hath eaten him, a beast hath devoured Joseph.…
Lexicon
They sent
וַֽיְשַׁלְּח֞וּ (way·šal·lə·ḥū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out

the robe
כְּתֹ֣נֶת (kə·ṯō·neṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3801: A shirt

of many colors
הַפַּסִּ֗ים (hap·pas·sîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6446: Flat (of the hand or foot)

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

their father
אֲבִיהֶ֔ם (’ă·ḇî·hem)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

and said,
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (way·yō·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“We found
מָצָ֑אנוּ (mā·ṣā·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

this.
זֹ֣את (zōṯ)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

Examine it
הַכֶּר־ (hak·ker-)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5234: To regard, recognize

to see whether
נָ֗א (nā)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

it [is]
הִ֖וא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

your son’s
בִּנְךָ֛ (bin·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

robe
הַכְּתֹ֧נֶת (hak·kə·ṯō·neṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3801: A shirt

or
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

not.”
לֹֽא׃ (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no


Additional Translations
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.”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 be your son's coat or no.

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.

And they sent the coat of many colours; and they brought it to their father, and said, This have we found; know if it be thy son's coat or no.

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.

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 not.

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.

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."

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?'
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