Genesis 37:29

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Later Reuben returned to the cistern to find that Joseph was not in it! He tore his clothes,

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  • Gen 37:34 : 34 Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned for his son many days.
  • Job 1:20 : 20 Then Job got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head, and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground.
  • Gen 44:13 : 13 They all tore their clothes! Then each man loaded his donkey, and they returned to the city.
  • Num 14:6 : 6 And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, two of those who had investigated the land, tore their garments.
  • Judg 11:35 : 35 When he saw her, he ripped his clothes and said,“Oh no! My daughter! You have completely ruined me! You have brought me disaster! I made an oath to the LORD, and I cannot break it.”
  • 2 Kgs 19:1 : 1 When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the LORD’s temple.
  • Joel 2:13 : 13 Tear your hearts, not just your garments!” Return to the LORD your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and boundless in loyal love– often relenting from calamitous punishment.
  • Acts 14:14 : 14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting,
  • Gen 34:13 : 13 Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully when they spoke because Shechem had violated their sister Dinah.

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  • Gen 37:30-34
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    84%

    30returned to his brothers, and said,“The boy isn’t there! And I, where can I go?”

    31So they took Joseph’s tunic, killed a young goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood.

    32Then they brought the special tunic to their father and said,“We found this. Determine now whether it is your son’s tunic or not.”

    33He recognized it and exclaimed,“It is my son’s tunic! A wild animal has eaten him! Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”

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

  • Gen 37:20-24
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    80%

    20Come now, let’s kill him, throw him into one of the cisterns, and then say that a wild animal ate him. Then we’ll see how his dreams turn out!”

    21When Reuben heard this, he rescued Joseph from their hands, saying,“Let’s not take his life!”

    22Reuben continued,“Don’t shed blood! Throw him into this cistern that is here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.”(Reuben said this so he could rescue Joseph from them and take him back to his father.)

    23When Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his tunic, the special tunic that he wore.

    24Then they took him and threw him into the cistern.(Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it.)

  • Gen 37:27-28
    2 verses
    76%

    27Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let’s not lay a hand on him, for after all, he is our brother, our own flesh.” His brothers agreed.

    28So when the Midianite merchants passed by, Joseph’s brothers pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites then took Joseph to Egypt.

  • Gen 42:36-38
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    75%

    36Their father Jacob said to them,“You are making me childless! 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 my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my care and I will bring him back to you.”

    38But Jacob replied,“My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If an accident happens to him on the journey you have to make, then you will bring down my gray hair in sorrow to the grave.”

  • Gen 44:13
    74%

    13They all tore their clothes! Then each man loaded his donkey, and they returned to the city.

  • Gen 42:22
    73%

    22Reuben said to them,“Didn’t I say to you,‘Don’t sin against the boy,’ but you wouldn’t listen? So now we must pay for shedding his blood!”

  • Gen 43:30
    72%

    30Joseph hurried out, for he was overcome by affection for his brother and was at the point of tears. So he went to his room and wept there.

  • Gen 44:28
    72%

    28The first disappeared and I said,“He has surely been torn to pieces.” I have not seen him since.

  • Gen 42:24
    71%

    24He turned away from them and wept. When he turned around and spoke to them again, he had Simeon taken from them and tied up before their eyes.

  • Gen 45:1
    70%

    1The Reconciliation of the Brothers Joseph was no longer able to control himself before all his attendants, so he cried out,“Make everyone go out from my presence!” No one remained with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.

  • Gen 37:36
    69%

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