Genesis 37:34
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And tearing his garments, he put on sackcloth, mourning for his son a long time.

Genesis 37:29 And Ruben returning to the pit, found not the boy:

Joshua 7:6 But Joshua rent his garments, and fell flat on the ground, before the ark of the Lord, until the evening, both he and all the ancients of Israel: and they put dust upon their heads.

2 Samuel 1:11 Then David took hold of his garments and rent them, and likewise all the men that were with him.

2 Samuel 3:31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him: Rend your garments, and gird yourselves with sackcloths, and mourn before the funeral of Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.

1 Kings 20:31 And his servants said to him: Behold, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful; so let us put sackcloths on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: perhaps he will save our lives.

1 Kings 21:27 And when Achab had heard these words, he rent his garments, and put haircloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and slept in sackcloth, and walked with his head cast down.

2 Kings 19:1 And when king Ezechias heard these words, he rent his garments, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.

1 Chronicles 21:16 And David lifting up his eyes, saw the angel of the Lord standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand, turned against Jerusalem: and both he and the ancients clothed in haircloth, fell down flat on the ground.

Ezra 9:3-5 And when I had heard this word, I rent my mantle and my coat, and plucked off the hairs of my head and my beard, and I sat down mourning. . . .

Nehemiah 9:1 And in the four and twentieth day of the month the children of Israel came together with fasting and with sackcloth, and earth upon them.

Esther 4:1-3 Now when Mardochai had heard these things, he rent his garments, and put on sackcloth, strewing ashes on his head and he cried with a loud voice in the street in the midst of the city, shewing the anguish of his mind. . . .

Job 1:20 Then Job rose up, and rent his garments, and having shaven his head, fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,

Job 2:12 And when they had lifted up their eyes afar off, they knew him not, and crying out, they wept, and rending their garments, they sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

Psalm 69:11 And I made haircloth my garment: and I became a byword to them.

Isaiah 22:12,13 And the Lord, the God of hosts, in that day shall call to weeping, and to mourning, to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: . . .

Isaiah 32:11 Be astonished, ye rich women, be troubled, ye confident ones: strip you, and be confounded, gird your loins.

Isaiah 36:22 And Eliacim the son of Helcias, that was over the house, and Sobna the scribe, and Joahe the son of Asaph the recorder, went in to Ezechias with their garments rent, and told him the words of Rabsaces.

Isaiah 37:1,2 And it came to pass, when king Ezechias had heard it, that he rent his garments and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord. . . .

Jeremiah 36:24 And the king and all his servants that heard all these words were not afraid, nor did they rend their garments.

Joel 2:13 And rend your hearts, and not your garments and turn to the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, patient and rich in mercy, and ready to repent of the evil.

Jonah 3:5-8 And Jonah began to enter into the city one day's journey: and he cried and said: Yet forty days and Ninive shall be destroyed. . . .

Matthew 11:21 Woe thee, Corozain, woe to thee, Bethsaida: for if in Tyre and Sidon had been wrought the miracles that have been wrought in you, they had long ago done penance in sackcloth and ashes.

Matthew 26:65 Then the high priest rent his garments, saying: He hath blasphemed: What further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now you have heard the blasphemy.

Acts 14:14 Which, when the apostles Barnabas and Paul had heard, rending their clothes, they leaped out among the people, crying,

Revelation 11:3 And I will give unto my two witnesses: and they shall prophesy, a thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.

Context
Jacob Mourns Joseph
33And the father acknowledging it, said: It is my son's coat, an evil wild beast hath eaten him, a beast hath devoured Joseph. 34And tearing his garments, he put on sackcloth, mourning for his son a long time.35And all his children being gathered together to comfort their father in his sorrow, he would not receive comfort, but said: I will go down to my son into hell, mourning. And whilst he continued weeping,…
Cross References
Revelation 11:3
And I will give unto my two witnesses: and they shall prophesy, a thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.

Genesis 37:29
And Ruben returning to the pit, found not the boy:

Genesis 42:38
But he said: My son shall not go down with you: his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if any mischief befall him in the land to which you go, you will bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to hell.

Genesis 44:13
Then they rent their garments, and loading their asses again, returned into the town.

2 Samuel 1:11
Then David took hold of his garments and rent them, and likewise all the men that were with him.

2 Samuel 3:31
And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him: Rend your garments, and gird yourselves with sackcloths, and mourn before the funeral of Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.

1 Kings 20:31
And his servants said to him: Behold, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful; so let us put sackcloths on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: perhaps he will save our lives.

1 Kings 21:27
And when Achab had heard these words, he rent his garments, and put haircloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and slept in sackcloth, and walked with his head cast down.

2 Kings 2:12
And Eliseus saw him, and cried: My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the driver thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own garments, and rent them in two pieces.

2 Kings 22:11
And the king had heard the words of the law of the Lord, he rent his garments.

1 Chronicles 7:22
And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

Job 1:20
Then Job rose up, and rent his garments, and having shaven his head, fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,

Job 16:15
I have sowed sackcloth upon my skin, and have covered my flesh with ashes.

Jeremiah 36:24
And the king and all his servants that heard all these words were not afraid, nor did they rend their garments.

Jeremiah 48:37
For every head shall be bald, and every beard shall be shaven: all hands shall be tied together, and upon every back there shall be haircloth.

Joel 2:13
And rend your hearts, and not your garments and turn to the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, patient and rich in mercy, and ready to repent of the evil.

Lexicon
Then Jacob
יַעֲקֹב֙ (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

tore
וַיִּקְרַ֤ע (way·yiq·ra‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7167: To rend

his clothes,
שִׂמְלֹתָ֔יו (śim·lō·ṯāw)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8071: A dress, a mantle

put
וַיָּ֥שֶׂם (way·yā·śem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

sackcloth
שַׂ֖ק (śaq)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8242: A mesh, coarse loose cloth, sacking, a bag

around his waist,
בְּמָתְנָ֑יו (bə·mā·ṯə·nāw)
Preposition-b | Noun - mdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4975: The waist, small of the back, the loins

and mourned
וַיִּתְאַבֵּ֥ל (way·yiṯ·’ab·bêl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 56: To bewail

for
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

his son
בְּנ֖וֹ (bə·nōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

many
רַבִּֽים׃ (rab·bîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7227: Much, many, great

days.
יָמִ֥ים (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day


Additional Translations
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

And Jacob rendeth his raiment, and putteth sackcloth on his loins, and becometh a mourner for his son many days,
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