New American Standard Bible 1995

Genesis 37:32-34

32and they sentוַֽיְשַׁלְּח֞וּvay.sha.le.ChuH7971the varicoloredהַפַּסִּ֗יםha.pa.SimH6446tunicכְּתֹ֣נֶתke.To.netH3801and broughtוַיָּבִ֙יאוּ֙vai.ya.Vi.'uH935it to their fatherאֲבִיהֶ֔ם'a.vi.HemH1and saidוַיֹּאמְר֖וּvai.yo.me.RuH559, “We foundמָצָ֑אנוּma.Tza.nuH4672thisH2088;pleaseנָ֗אNa'H4994examineהַכֶּר־ha.ker-H5234it to seewhether it is your son’sבִּנְךָ֛bin.KhaH1121tunicהַכְּתֹ֧נֶתha.ke.To.netH3801orאִם־'im-H518not.”

33Then heexaminedוַיַּכִּירָ֤הּvai.ya.ki.RahH5234it and saidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559, “It is my son’sבְּנִ֔יbe.NiH1121tunicכְּתֹ֣נֶתke.To.netH3801.A wildרָעָ֖הra.'AhH7451beastH2421has devouredאֲכָלָ֑תְהוּ'a.kha.La.te.huH398him;Josephיוֹסֵֽף׃yo.SefH3130has surelyH2963been tornH2963to piecesH2963!”

34So Jacobיַעֲקֹב֙ya.'a.KoH3290toreוַיִּקְרַ֤עvai.yik.Ra'H7167his clothesשִׂמְלֹתָ֔יוsim.lo.TavH8071,and putוַיָּ֥שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760sackclothשַׂ֖קsakH8242on his loinsבְּמָתְנָ֑יוbe.ma.te.NavH4975and mournedוַיִּתְאַבֵּ֥לvai.yit.'a.BelH56for his sonבְּנ֖וֹbe.NoH1121manyרַבִּֽים׃ra.BimH7227daysיָמִ֥יםya.MimH3117.

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