Genesis 37:33

37:33 He recognized it and exclaimed, “It is my son’s tunic! A wild animal has eaten him! ¹  Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”

Genesis 44:28

44:28 The first disappeared ²  and I said, “He has surely been torn to pieces.” I have not seen him since.

[37:33]  ¹ sn A wild animal has eaten him. Jacob draws this conclusion on his own without his sons actually having to lie with their words (see v. 20). Dipping the tunic in the goat’s blood was the only deception needed.

[44:28]  ² tn Heb “went forth from me.”