KJV King James Version
And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
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Genesis 37:34
And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
WEB World English Bible
Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
ASV American Standard Version
And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jacob rendeth his raiment, and putteth sackcloth on his loins, and becometh a mourner for his son many days,
Surrounding context — Genesis 37
31 And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
32 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.
33 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.
34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, [and] captain of the guard.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּקְרַ֤עH7167 · qa.rato tearיַעֲקֹב֙H3290 · ya.a.qovJacobשִׂמְלֹתָ֔יוH8071 · sim.lahmantleוַיָּ֥שֶׂםH7760 · sumto set: makeשַׂ֖קH8242 · saqsackclothבְּמָתְנָ֑יוH4975 · mo.tenloinוַיִּתְאַבֵּ֥לH56 · a.valto mournעַל־H5921 · aluponבְּנ֖וֹH1121 · benson: childיָמִ֥יםH3117 · yomdayרַבִּֽים׃H7227 · ravmany
Cross-references
Genesis 37:29And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph [was] not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.2 Samuel 3:31And David said to Joab, and to all the people that [were] with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David [himself] followed the bier.Psalm 69:11I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.2 Kings 19:1And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard [it], that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.Jeremiah 36:24Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, [neither] the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.Isaiah 36:22Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that [was] over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with [their] clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.Matthew 11:21Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.Ezra 9:3-5And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.2 Samuel 1:11Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that [were] with him:Esther 4:1-3When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;Isaiah 22:12-13And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:Jonah 3:5-8So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.Joshua 7:6And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.1 Kings 20:31And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel [are] merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.Acts 14:14[Which] when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard [of], they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,1 Chronicles 21:16And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders [of Israel, who were] clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.Job 2:12And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.Joel 2:13And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he [is] gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
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