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!”

biblegateway Gen 37:33

Then he examined it and said, "It is my son’s tunic. A wild beast has devoured him; Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!"

His father recognized it. "It is my son's robe," he said. "A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has been torn to pieces!"

He recognized it and said, "It is my son’s robe! A wild animal has eaten him! Joseph must have been torn to pieces!"

biblegateway Gen 37:33

He recognised it and said, "It is my son’s robe! Some ferocious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces."

And he identified it and said, "It is my son's robe. A fierce animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces."

bibleoremus Gen 37:33

He recognized it, and said, "It is my son’s robe! A wild animal has devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces."

Jacob recognized it. “It is my son's,” he said. “A wild beast has devoured him. Joseph has been torn to pieces.”

biblegateway Gen 37:33

And he recognized it and said, " It is my son’s tunic. A wild beast has devoured him. Without doubt Joseph is torn to pieces."

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.

biblegateway Gen 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!”

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.