³³ His father recognized it. “It is my son’s robe,” he said. “A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has been torn to pieces!” ^{(A) 34} Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

¹³ But they replied, “We, your servants, were twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now^[a] with our father, and one is no longer living.”

²⁷ Your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons. ²⁸ One is gone from me—I said he must have been torn to pieces—and I have never seen him again.^(A)