Genesis 37:29

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

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  • Gen 37:34 : 34 Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son for many days.
  • Job 1:20 : 20 At this, Job got up, tore his robe, shaved his head, and fell to the ground in worship.
  • Gen 44:13 : 13 At this, they tore their garments, loaded each his donkey, and went back to the city.
  • Num 14:6 : 6 Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had explored the land, tore their clothes.
  • Judg 11:35 : 35 When he saw her, he tore his clothes and cried, 'Oh no, my daughter! You have brought me to my knees and made me miserable, for I have made a vow to the Lord that I cannot break.'
  • 2 Kgs 19:1 : 1 When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.
  • Joel 2:13 : 13 Tear open your hearts, not your garments, and return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and he relents from sending calamity.
  • Acts 14:14 : 14 But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting,
  • Gen 34:13 : 13 But the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor with deceit, because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah.

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  • Gen 37:30-34
    5 verses
    84%

    30He went back to his brothers and said, "The boy is gone! What am I going to do?"

    31Then they took Joseph's tunic, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood.

    32They sent the ornate tunic to their father and said, "We found this. Please examine it to see whether it is your son's tunic or not."

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

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

  • Gen 37:20-24
    5 verses
    80%

    20Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a wild animal devoured him. Then we’ll see what becomes of his dreams."

    21But Reuben heard this and tried to rescue him from their hands. He said, "Let us not take his life."

    22Reuben also said to them, "Do not shed any blood. Throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him." He said this intending to rescue him from their hands in order to return him to his father.

    23So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the ornate robe he was wearing.

    24Then they took him and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it.

  • Gen 37:27-28
    2 verses
    76%

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

    28When the Midianite merchants passed by, they pulled Joseph up out of the pit and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt.

  • Gen 42:36-38
    3 verses
    75%

    36Their father Jacob said to them, 'You have deprived me of my children! Joseph is gone; Simeon is gone; and now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is against me!'

    37Then Reuben said to his father, 'You may put both of my sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him back.'

    38But Jacob said, 'My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If harm comes to him on the journey you are taking, you will bring my gray head down to the grave in sorrow.'

  • Gen 44:13
    74%

    13At this, they tore their garments, loaded each his donkey, and went back to the city.

  • Gen 42:22
    73%

    22Reuben replied to them, 'Didn't I tell you not to sin against the boy, but you wouldn't listen? Now his blood is being demanded from us.'

  • Gen 43:30
    72%

    30Joseph was deeply moved at the sight of his brother and hurried out to find a place to weep. He went into his private room and wept there.

  • Gen 44:28
    72%

    28'One of them went away from me, and I said, "Surely he has been torn to pieces," and I have not seen him since.'

  • Gen 42:24
    71%

    24Joseph turned away from them and wept, but when he returned to speak to them, he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.

  • Gen 45:1
    70%

    1Joseph could no longer hold back his emotions in front of everyone standing near him, so he called out, 'Have everyone leave my presence!' No one remained with him when Joseph revealed himself to his brothers.

  • Gen 37:36
    69%

    36Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and the captain of the guard.