29When Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.


In Context

26 Judah said to his brothers, "What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

27 Come, let's sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood." His brothers agreed.

28 So when the Midianite merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.

29 When Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.

30 He went back to his brothers and said, "The boy isn't there! Where can I turn now?"

31 Then they got Joseph's robe, slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood.

Genesis 37:29 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

37:29And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph [was] not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

37:29And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:29And Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his garments,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

37:29And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:29And Reuben returned to the pit; and behold, Joseph was not in the pit: and he rent his clothes.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:29Reuben returned to the pit; and saw that Joseph wasn't in the pit; and he tore his clothes.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

37:29And Reuben returneth unto the pit, and lo, Joseph is not in the pit, and he rendeth his garments,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

37:29And Reuben returned to the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.