Genesis Chapter 37 verse 34 Holy Bible
And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
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Then Jacob, giving signs of grief, put on haircloth, and went on weeping for his son day after day.
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And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
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And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
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And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
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Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
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And Jacob rendeth his raiment, and putteth sackcloth on his loins, and becometh a mourner for his son many days,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 34. - And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, - שָׂק (cf. σάκος, el, frog, saccus), the usual dress of mourners (2 Samuel 3:31; Nehemiah 9:1; Esther 4:1), was a coarse, thick haircloth, of which corn sacks were also made (Genesis 42:25), and which in cases of extreme mental distress was worn next the skin (1 Kings 21:27) - and mourned for his son many days. 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.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(34) Many days.--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 Genesis 45:26-28. His daughters are mentioned also in Genesis 46:7.
