Genesis 37:29-36

New American Standard Bible

²⁹ Now Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit; so he ^(A)tore his garments. ³⁰ He returned to his brothers and said, “^(B)The boy is not there; as for me, where am I to go?” ³¹ So ^(C)they took Joseph’s tunic, and slaughtered a male goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood; ³² and they sent the ^[a]multicolored tunic and brought it to their father and said, “We found this; please ^[b]examine it to see whether it is your son’s tunic or not.” ³³ Then he ^[c]examined it and said, “It is my son’s tunic. ^(D)A vicious animal has devoured him; ^(E)Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!” ³⁴ So Jacob ^(F)tore his clothes, and put on a sackcloth undergarment over his waist, and mourned for his son many days. ³⁵ Then all his sons and all his daughters got up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, “Surely I will ^(G)go down to Sheol in mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him. ³⁶ Meanwhile, the ^[d]Midianites ^(H)sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, Pharaoh’s officer, the captain of the bodyguard.