²³ So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, ^(A)the robe of many colors that he wore.

²⁸ And they stripped him and put ^(A)a scarlet robe on him,

²¹ Then they said to one another, ^(A)“In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us and we did not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”

³¹ Then they took ^(A)Joseph's robe and slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood. ³² And they sent the robe of many colors and brought it to their father and said, “This we have found; please identify whether it is your son's robe or not.” ³³ And he identified it and said, “It is my son's robe. ^(B)A fierce animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces.”

³ Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was ^(A)the son of his old age. And he made him ^(B)a robe of many colors.^[a]