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 colors.

³² They took the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, "We have found this. Examine it, now, whether it is your son's coat or not."

²³ It happened, when Joseph came to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;

¹⁸ She had a garment of various colors on her; for with such robes were the king's daughters who were virgins dressed. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.

²² The disciples looked at one another, perplexed about whom he spoke.

²³ One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was at the table, leaning against Jesus' breast.

²⁰ We said to my lord, 'We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loves him.'

²¹ You said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.'

²² We said to my lord, 'The boy can't leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.'

²³ You said to your servants, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will see my face no more.'

²⁴ It happened when we came up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

²⁵ Our father said, 'Go again, buy us a little food.'

²⁶ We said, 'We can't go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, unless our youngest brother is with us.'

²⁷ Your servant, my father, said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons:

²⁸ and the one went out from me, and I said, "Surely he is torn in pieces;" and I haven't seen him since.

²⁹ If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.'

³⁰ Now therefore when I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the boy's life;

³⁰ Have they not found, have they not divided the spoil? A lady, two ladies to every man; To Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, A spoil of dyed garments embroidered, Of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the spoil?

¹³ The princess inside is all glorious. Her clothing is interwoven with gold.

¹⁴ She shall be led to the king in embroidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you.

¹⁶ You took of your garments, and made for yourselves high places decked with various colors, and played the prostitute on them: [the like things] shall not come, neither shall it be [so].

³⁵ The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.