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Genesis 37:32

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And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son’s coat or no.
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  1. Luke 15:30Rank 1 from verse 32
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    30But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

  2. Genesis 37:3Rank 2 from verse 32
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    3Now 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 colours.

  3. Genesis 44:20–23Rank 3 from verse 32
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    20And we said unto 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 loveth him.

    21And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.

    22And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

    23And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

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Genesis 37:32

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father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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31And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;

32And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son’s coat or no.

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33And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.

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