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He mourned deeply for his son for a long time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/37.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/37.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/37.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/37.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/37.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Jacob tore his clothes, and put on a sackcloth <i>undergarment</i> over his waist, and mourned for his son many days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/37.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/37.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/37.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So Jacob tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/37.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So Jacob tore his clothes [in grief], put on sackcloth and mourned many days for his son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/37.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/37.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/37.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/37.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Jacob mourned for Joseph a long time, and to show his sorrow he tore his clothes and wore sackcloth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/37.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/37.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then, to show his grief, Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son a long time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/37.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Jacob tore his clothes in sorrow and put on sackcloth. He mourned for his son a long time. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/37.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />So Jacob tore his clothes, dressed himself in sackcloth, and then mourned many days for his son. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/37.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/37.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned for his son many days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/37.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Then Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/37.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/37.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/37.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Jacob tears his raiment, and puts sackcloth on his loins, and becomes a mourner for his son many days,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/37.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Jacob rendeth his raiment, and putteth sackcloth on his loins, and becometh a mourner for his son many days,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/37.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jacob will rend his garments, and will put sackcloth upon his loins, and will mourn for his son many days.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/37.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And tearing his garments, he put an sackcloth, mourning for his son a long time. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/37.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And tearing his garments, he was clothed in haircloth, mourning his son for a long time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/37.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then Jacob tore his garments, put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned his son many days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/37.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Jacob tore his garments, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/37.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/37.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Yaquuv ripped his clothes and was binding sackcloth around his waist, and he grieved for his son for many days.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/37.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/37.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/37-34.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=9597" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/37.htm">Jacob Mourns Joseph</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">33</span>His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!” <span class="reftext">34</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3290.htm" title="3290: ya·‘ă·qōḇ (N-proper-ms) -- A son of Isaac, also his desc. From aqab; heel-catcher; Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch.">Then Jacob</a> <a href="/hebrew/7167.htm" title="7167: way·yiq·ra‘ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To tear. A primitive root; to rend, literally or figuratively.">tore</a> <a href="/hebrew/8071.htm" title="8071: śim·lō·ṯāw (N-fpc:: 3ms) -- A wrapper, mantle. Perhaps by permutation for the feminine of cemel; a dress, especially a mantle.">his clothes,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: way·yā·śem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">put</a> <a href="/hebrew/8242.htm" title="8242: śaq (N-ms) -- Sack, sackcloth. From shaqaq; properly, a mesh, i.e. Coarse loose cloth or sacking; hence, a bag.">sackcloth</a> <a href="/hebrew/4975.htm" title="4975: bə·mā·ṯə·nāw (Prep-b:: N-mdc:: 3ms) -- Loins. From an unused root meaning to be slender; properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins.">around his waist,</a> <a href="/hebrew/56.htm" title="56: way·yiṯ·’ab·bêl (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To mourn. A primitive root; to bewail.">and mourned</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">his son</a> <a href="/hebrew/7227.htm" title="7227: rab·bîm (Adj-mp) -- Much, many, great. By contracted from rabab; abundant.">many</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·mîm (N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">days.</a> </span><span class="reftext">35</span>All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/1-11.htm">2 Samuel 1:11-12</a></span><br />Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same. / They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/1-20.htm">Job 1:20</a></span><br />Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/3-31.htm">2 Samuel 3:31</a></span><br />Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-15.htm">Jeremiah 31:15</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-75.htm">Matthew 26:75</a></span><br />Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/13-19.htm">2 Samuel 13:19</a></span><br />And Tamar put ashes on her head and tore her robe. And putting her hand on her head, she went away crying aloud.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/2-12.htm">Job 2:12</a></span><br />When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/21-27.htm">1 Kings 21:27</a></span><br />When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/27-51.htm">Matthew 27:51-54</a></span><br />At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked, and the rocks were split. / The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised. / After Jesus’ resurrection, when they had come out of the tombs, they entered the holy city and appeared to many people. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/esther/4-1.htm">Esther 4:1</a></span><br />When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-10.htm">Lamentations 2:10</a></span><br />The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/22-62.htm">Luke 22:62</a></span><br />And he went outside and wept bitterly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/1-13.htm">Joel 1:13</a></span><br />Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/8-2.htm">Acts 8:2</a></span><br />God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/27-30.htm">Ezekiel 27:30-31</a></span><br />They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes. / They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/37-29.htm">Genesis 37:29</a></b></br> And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph <i>was</i> not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/7-6.htm">Joshua 7:6</a></b></br> And 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/1-11.htm">2 Samuel 1:11</a></b></br> Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that <i>were</i> with him:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/37-29.htm">Clothes</a> <a href="/genesis/37-29.htm">Garments</a> <a href="/genesis/37-29.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/revelation/11-3.htm">Haircloth</a> <a href="/genesis/37-2.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/genesis/35-11.htm">Loins</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/5-2.htm">Mourned</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-27.htm">Mourner</a> <a href="/genesis/31-34.htm">Putteth</a> <a href="/genesis/28-20.htm">Raiment</a> <a href="/genesis/37-29.htm">Rendeth</a> <a href="/genesis/37-33.htm">Rent</a> <a href="/revelation/11-3.htm">Sackcloth</a> <a href="/genesis/37-29.htm">Signs</a> <a href="/genesis/37-29.htm">Tore</a> <a href="/ephesians/6-14.htm">Waist</a> <a href="/genesis/35-8.htm">Weeping</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/38-19.htm">Clothes</a> <a href="/genesis/38-14.htm">Garments</a> <a href="/genesis/38-12.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-31.htm">Haircloth</a> <a href="/genesis/42-1.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/genesis/46-26.htm">Loins</a> <a href="/genesis/50-3.htm">Mourned</a> <a href="/2_samuel/14-2.htm">Mourner</a> <a href="/genesis/38-10.htm">Putteth</a> <a href="/genesis/41-14.htm">Raiment</a> <a href="/joshua/7-6.htm">Rendeth</a> <a href="/genesis/44-13.htm">Rent</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-31.htm">Sackcloth</a> <a href="/exodus/4-9.htm">Signs</a> <a href="/genesis/44-13.htm">Tore</a> <a href="/exodus/12-11.htm">Waist</a> <a href="/genesis/37-35.htm">Weeping</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 37</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/37-1.htm">Joseph is loved by Jacob, but hated by his brothers.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/37-5.htm">His dreams and the interpretation.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/37-12.htm">Jacob sends him to his brothers, who counsel to slay him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/37-21.htm">At Reuben's desire they cast him into a pit;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/37-25.htm">and afterwards sell him to the Ishmaelites; </a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/37-29.htm">while Ruben grieves at not finding him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/37-31.htm">His coat, covered with blood, is sent to Jacob, who mourns him inordinately.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/37-36.htm">Joseph is brought to Egypt and sold to Potiphar.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/37.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/37.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then Jacob tore his clothes</b><br>Tearing one's clothes was a traditional expression of deep grief and mourning in ancient Near Eastern cultures, including among the Israelites. This act symbolized the rending of the heart and the depth of emotional pain. In the biblical context, similar expressions of grief are seen in <a href="/job/1-20.htm">Job 1:20</a> and <a href="/2_samuel/1-11.htm">2 Samuel 1:11</a>. The tearing of clothes is a physical manifestation of inner turmoil and despair, often associated with loss or calamity.<p><b>put sackcloth around his waist</b><br>Sackcloth was a coarse, uncomfortable material typically made from goat's hair, worn as a sign of mourning or repentance. It was a public display of humility and sorrow. The use of sackcloth is seen throughout the Bible, such as in <a href="/jonah/3-6.htm">Jonah 3:6</a> and <a href="/esther/4.htm">Esther 4:1</a>, where it signifies a period of lamentation or penitence. This practice underscores the seriousness of the situation and the depth of Jacob's grief over the perceived loss of his son, Joseph.<p><b>and mourned for his son many days</b><br>The extended period of mourning indicates the profound love Jacob had for Joseph, his favored son. In the cultural context, mourning periods could vary, but the phrase "many days" suggests an intense and prolonged grief. This mourning is reminiscent of the deep sorrow expressed by David for Absalom in <a href="/2_samuel/18-33.htm">2 Samuel 18:33</a>. Jacob's mourning foreshadows the eventual reunion with Joseph, highlighting themes of loss and restoration. The narrative also points to the future suffering and eventual triumph of Jesus Christ, who was also deeply mourned by His followers.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob</a></b><br>The patriarch of the Israelite tribes, also known as Israel. He is the father of Joseph and his brothers. In this verse, Jacob is mourning the presumed death of his beloved son, Joseph.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/joseph.htm">Joseph</a></b><br>Jacob's favored son, who was sold into slavery by his jealous brothers. His supposed death is the cause of Jacob's mourning.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/sackcloth.htm">Sackcloth</a></b><br>A coarse material worn as a sign of mourning or repentance. Jacob's use of sackcloth signifies deep grief and sorrow.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/mourning.htm">Mourning</a></b><br>A period of grief and lamentation. Jacob's mourning is profound, reflecting the depth of his love for Joseph.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/canaan.htm">Canaan</a></b><br>The land where Jacob and his family resided. It is the backdrop for the events leading to Joseph's sale into slavery.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_depth_of_parental_love.htm">The Depth of Parental Love</a></b><br>Jacob's intense mourning reflects the profound love a parent has for their child. This can remind us of God's love for His children.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/cultural_expressions_of_grief.htm">Cultural Expressions of Grief</a></b><br>Understanding the cultural context of mourning in biblical times can deepen our appreciation for the expressions of sorrow found in Scripture.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_deception.htm">The Reality of Deception</a></b><br>Jacob's grief was based on a lie, reminding us of the destructive power of deception and the importance of truth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_suffering.htm">God's Sovereignty in Suffering</a></b><br>Despite Jacob's grief, God's plan for Joseph was unfolding. This teaches us to trust in God's sovereignty, even in our darkest moments.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_mourning.htm">Hope in Mourning</a></b><br>While Jacob mourned deeply, the account of Joseph ultimately leads to redemption and reconciliation, offering hope that God can bring good from our pain.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_37.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 37</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_mourning.htm">What guidance does the Bible offer on mourning?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_i_skip_church_if_i'm_sick.htm">What guidance does the Bible offer on mourning?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_cope_with_losing_a_parent.htm">How can one cope with the grief of losing a parent?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_bible's_burial_practices.htm">What does the Bible say about burial practices?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/37.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(34) <span class= "bld">Many days.</span>--Jacob mourned for Joseph not merely during the usual period, but so long as to move even the hearts of those who had wronged him. For not only his daughters, but "all his sons rose up to comfort him." Probably he had several daughters by Leah and the two handmaidens, Dinah alone having been mentioned by name, because two of her brothers forfeited the birthright by the cruelty with which they avenged her wrong. We learn how long and intense Jacob's sorrow was from <a href="/context/genesis/45-26.htm" title="And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.">Genesis 45:26-28</a>. His daughters are mentioned also in <a href="/genesis/46-7.htm" title="His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.">Genesis 46:7</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/37.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 34.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins</span>, - <span class="hebrew">שָׂק</span> (cf. <span class="greek">σάκος</span>, <span class="accented">el, frog, saccus</span>), the usual dress of mourners (<a href="/2_samuel/3-31.htm">2 Samuel 3:31</a>; <a href="/nehemiah/9-1.htm">Nehemiah 9:1</a>; <a href="/esther/4-1.htm">Esther 4:1</a>), was a coarse, thick haircloth, of which corn sacks were also made (<a href="/genesis/42-25.htm">Genesis 42:25</a>), and which in cases of extreme mental distress was worn next the skin (<a href="/1_kings/21-27.htm">1 Kings 21:27</a>) - <span class="cmt_word">and mourned for his son many days</span>. Though twenty-two years elapsed before Jacob again beheld his son, and though doubtless the old man's grief for the premature and, violent death, as he imagined, of Rachel s child was little abated by the lapse, of time, yet the expression "many days" may only be employed to mark the intensity of Jacob's sorrow, which continued longer than the customary mournings of the period. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/37-34.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then Jacob</span><br /><span class="heb">יַעֲקֹב֙</span> <span class="translit">(ya·‘ă·qōḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3290.htm">Strong's 3290: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">tore</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּקְרַ֤ע</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiq·ra‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7167.htm">Strong's 7167: </a> </span><span class="str2">To rend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his clothes,</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׂמְלֹתָ֔יו</span> <span class="translit">(śim·lō·ṯāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8071.htm">Strong's 8071: </a> </span><span class="str2">A dress, a mantle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">put</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּ֥שֶׂם</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·śem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sackcloth</span><br /><span class="heb">שַׂ֖ק</span> <span class="translit">(śaq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8242.htm">Strong's 8242: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mesh, coarse loose cloth, sacking, a bag</span><br /><br /><span class="word">around his waist,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּמָתְנָ֑יו</span> <span class="translit">(bə·mā·ṯə·nāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - mdc | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4975.htm">Strong's 4975: </a> </span><span class="str2">The waist, small of the back, the loins</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and mourned</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּתְאַבֵּ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiṯ·’ab·bêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_56.htm">Strong's 56: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bewail</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his son</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנ֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">many</span><br /><span class="heb">רַבִּֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(rab·bîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7227.htm">Strong's 7227: </a> </span><span class="str2">Much, many, great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">days.</span><br /><span class="heb">יָמִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(yā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/37-34.htm">Genesis 37:34 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/37-34.htm">Genesis 37:34 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/37-34.htm">Genesis 37:34 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/37-34.htm">Genesis 37:34 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/37-34.htm">Genesis 37:34 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/37-34.htm">Genesis 37:34 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/37-34.htm">Genesis 37:34 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/37-34.htm">Genesis 37:34 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/37-34.htm">Genesis 37:34 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/37-34.htm">Genesis 37:34 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/37-34.htm">OT Law: Genesis 37:34 Jacob tore his clothes and put sackcloth (Gen. 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