Genesis 37:34

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Bible in Basic English

Then Jacob, giving signs of grief, put on haircloth, and went on weeping for his son day after day.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

Free Bible Version

Jacob tore his clothes in grief and dressed in sackcloth. He mourned the death of his son for a long time.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Iaakob rent his clothes, and put sackecloth about his loynes, and sorowed for his sonne a long season.

King James (Authorized) Version

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

One Unity Resource Bible

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

Translation for Translators

Jacob was so grieved that he tore his clothes. He put on ◄sackcloth/clothes that people wear when they are mourning for someone who has died►. He mourned/cried for his son for many days.

Unlocked Literal Bible

Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth upon his loins. He mourned for his son many days.

Noah Webster Bible

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

World English Bible

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Context

Jacob Mourns Joseph

³³His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”³⁴Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.³⁵All 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.

Summary

In this verse, Jacob expresses deep grief and mourning over the supposed death of his son Joseph. He tears his clothes, wears sackcloth, and mourns for Joseph for a long time. Jacob's intense sorrow reflects the strong bond he had with Joseph and the pain of losing a beloved child. This event sets the stage for the unfolding of God's plan in Joseph's life, ultimately leading to reconciliation and redemption within Jacob's family.

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins--the common signs of Oriental mourning. A rent is made in the skirt more or less long according to the afflicted feelings of the mourner, and a coarse rough piece of black sackcloth or camel's hair cloth is wound round the waist.

John Gill Bible Commentary

And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him,.... His sons must act a most hypocritical part in this affair; and as for his daughters, it is not easy to say who they were, since he had but one daughter that we read of, whose name was Dinah: the Targum of Jonathan calls them his sons wives; but it is a question whether any of his sons were as yet married, since the eldest of them was not more than twenty four years of age; and much less can their daughters be supposed to be meant, as they are by some. It is the opinion of the Jews, that Jacob had a twin daughter born to him with each of his sons; these his sons and daughters came together, or singly, to condole his loss, to sympathize with him, and speak a word of comfort to him, and entreat him not to give way to excessive grief and sorrow: but he refused to be comforted; to attend to anything that might serve to alleviate his mind, and to abstain from outward mourning, and the tokens of it; he chose not to be interrupted in it: and he said, for I will go down into the grave unto my son, mourning; the meaning is, not that he would by any means hasten his own death, or go down to his son in the grave, strictly and literally taken; since, according to his apprehension of his son's death he could have no grave, being torn to pieces by a wild beast; but either that he should go into the state of the dead, where his son was, mourning all along till he carne thither; or rather that he would go mourning all his days "for his son" (e), as some render it, till he came to the grave; nor would he, nor should he receive any comfort more in this world: thus his father wept for him; in this manner, with such circumstances as before related, and he only; for as for his brethren they hated him, and were glad they had got rid of him; or, "and his father", &c. (f); his father Isaac, as the Targum of Jonathan, he wept for his son Jacob on account of his trouble and distress; as well as for his grandson Joseph; and so many Jewish writers (g) interpret it; and indeed Isaac was alive at this time, and lived twelve years after; but the former sense seems best. (e) "propter filium suum", Grotius, Quistorpius; so Jarchi and Abendana. (f) "et flevit", Pagninus, Montanus, &c. (g) Jarchi, Aben Ezra, and Abendana, in loc.

Genesis 37:34

Jacob Mourns Joseph

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Berean Standard Bible

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Bible in Basic English

Then Jacob, giving signs of grief, put on haircloth, and went on weeping for his son day after day.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

Free Bible Version

Jacob tore his clothes in grief and dressed in sackcloth. He mourned the death of his son for a long time.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Iaakob rent his clothes, and put sackecloth about his loynes, and sorowed for his sonne a long season.

King James (Authorized) Version

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

One Unity Resource Bible

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

Translation for Translators

Jacob was so grieved that he tore his clothes. He put on ◄sackcloth/clothes that people wear when they are mourning for someone who has died►. He mourned/cried for his son for many days.

Unlocked Literal Bible

Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth upon his loins. He mourned for his son many days.

Noah Webster Bible

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

World English Bible

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Genesis 37:34

Verse

Context

Jacob Mourns Joseph

Summary

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Genesis 37:34

Jacob Mourns Joseph

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes