³³ And he identified it and said, “It is my son's robe. ^(A)A fierce animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces.”

²⁸ One left me, and I said, ^(A)“Surely he has been torn to pieces,” and I have never seen him since.

²⁰ Come now, ^(A)let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits.^[a] Then we will say that a fierce animal has devoured him, and we will see what will become of his dreams.”

^7 (A)Jesus answered him, “What I am doing ^(B)you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.”

²⁴ And he turned around, and when he saw them, ^(A)he cursed them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys.

²⁴ And as he went away ^(A)a lion met him on the road and killed him. And his body was thrown in the road, and the donkey stood beside it; the lion also stood beside the body.