So they took Joseph’s tunic, killed a young goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood.

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

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because he was a son born to him late in life, and he made a special tunic for him.

When Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his tunic, the special tunic that he wore.

Then they brought the special tunic to their father and said, “We found this. Determine now whether it is your son’s tunic or not.”