Genesis 37:30-33 ▼

30 and returning to his brothers, he exclaimed: “The boy is gone! And I—where can I turn?”

31 They took Joseph’s tunic, and after slaughtering a goat, dipped the tunic in its blood.

32 Then they sent someone to bring the long ornamented tunic to their father, with the message: “We found this. See whether it is your son’s tunic or not.”

33 He recognized it and exclaimed: “My son’s tunic! A wild beast has devoured him! Joseph has been torn to pieces!”