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Genesis 37:32

And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son’s coat or no.

KJV

mittentes qui ferrent ad patrem, et dicerent : Hanc invenimus : vide utrum tunica filii tui sit, an non.

Vulgate

καὶ ἀπέστειλαν τὸν χιτῶνα τὸν ποικίλον καὶ εἰσήνεγκαν τῷ πατρὶ αὐτῶν, καὶ εἶπαν Τοῦτον εὕρομεν· ἐπίγνωθι εἰ χιτὼν τοῦ υἱοῦ σού ἐστιν ἢ οὔ.

LXX

and they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, This have we found: know now whether it is thy son’s coat or not.

ASV

וַֽ/יְשַׁלְּח֞וּ אֶת כְּתֹ֣נֶת הַ/פַּסִּ֗ים וַ/יָּבִ֨יאוּ֙ אֶל אֲבִי/הֶ֔ם וַ/יֹּאמְר֖וּ זֹ֣את מָצָ֑אנוּ הַכֶּר נָ֗א הַ/כְּתֹ֧נֶת בִּנְ/ךָ֛ הִ֖וא אִם לֹֽא

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
יַּכֵּ֤ר
ykr
verb · 50×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כְּתֹ֣נֶת
ktnt
noun · 29×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
נָ֣א
n'
particle · 403×
פַּסִּ֔ים
psym
noun · 5×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 37:3 — Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
  • Gen 38:25 — When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and sta