Genesis 37:33
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And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”
In other translations
And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”
Hebrew words
וַיַּכִּירָהּvaiyakirahand he recognized itH5234וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559כְּתֹנֶתketonet[it is] [the] long garment ofH3801בְּנִיbenison myH1121חַיָּהchaiyahan animalH2416רָעָהra'ahwildH7451אֲכָלָתְהוּ'akhalatehuit has eaten himH398טָרֹףtarofcertainly <to tear>H2963טֹרַףtorafhe has been torn to piecesH2963יוֹסֵף׃yosefJosephH3130
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Genesis 37:20Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.“Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”
- Genesis 44:28And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:When one of them was gone, I said: “Surely he has been torn to pieces.” And I have not seen him since.
- 1 Kings 13:24And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.
- John 13:7Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”
- 2 Kings 2:24And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.
- Proverbs 14:15The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.The simple man believes every word, but the prudent man watches his steps.
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