30. Reuben went to the brothers and said, “The boy is not in the well! What will I do?”
31. The brothers killed a goat and put the goat’s blood on Joseph’s beautiful coat.
32. Then the brothers showed the coat to their father. And the brothers said, “We found this coat. Is this Joseph’s coat?”
33. His father saw the coat and knew that it was Joseph’s. He said, “Yes, that is his! Maybe some wild animal has killed him. My son Joseph has been eaten by a wild animal!”
34. Jacob was so sorry about his son that he tore his clothes. Then Jacob put on special clothes to show that he was sad. He continued to be sad about his son for a long time.
35. All of Jacob’s sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but Jacob was never comforted. He said, “I will be sad about my son until the day I die.” So Jacob continued to mourn his son Joseph.
36. The Midianite traders later sold Joseph in Egypt. They sold him to Potiphar, an officer of the king of Egypt and the captain of his palace guards.