34Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days.


In Context

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

32 They took the ornamented robe back to their father and said, "We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son's robe."

33 He recognized it and said, "It is my son's robe! Some ferocious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces."

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

35 All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. "No," he said, "in mourning will I go down to the grave to my son." So his father wept for him.

36 Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh's officials, the captain of the guard.

Genesis 37:34 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

37:34And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

37:34And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:34And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

37:34And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:34And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:34Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

37:34And Jacob rendeth his raiment, and putteth sackcloth on his loins, and becometh a mourner for his son many days,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

37:34And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.