³¹ Then they got Joseph’s robe,^(A) slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood.^{(B) 32} They took the ornate robe^(C) back to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe.”

³³ He recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! Some ferocious animal^(D) has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces.”^(E)

¹⁰ The Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.^(A)