²⁸ One of them went away from me, and I said, “He has surely been torn to pieces.”^(A) And I have not seen him since.^(B)

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

³⁸ But Jacob said, “My son will not go down there with you; his brother is dead^(A) and he is the only one left. If harm comes to him^(B) on the journey you are taking, you will bring my gray head down to the grave^(C) in sorrow.^(D)”

³⁶ Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my children. Joseph is no more and Simeon is no more,^(A) and now you want to take Benjamin.^(B) Everything is against me!^(C)”

¹³ and Israel^(A) said to Joseph, “As you know, your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem.^(B) Come, I am going to send you to them.”

“Very well,” he replied.

¹⁴ So he said to him, “Go and see if all is well with your brothers^(C) and with the flocks, and bring word back to me.” Then he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron.^(D)

When Joseph arrived at Shechem,