Genesis 37:29

World English Bible (2000)

Reuben returned to the pit; and saw that Joseph wasn't in the pit; and he tore his clothes.

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  • Gen 37:34 : 34 Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
  • Job 1:20 : 20 Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped.
  • Gen 44:13 : 13 Then they tore their clothes, and each man loaded his donkey, and returned to the city.
  • Num 14:6 : 6 Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of those who spied out the land, tore their clothes:
  • Judg 11:35 : 35 It happened, when he saw her, that he tore his clothes, and said, "Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are one of those who trouble me; for I have opened my mouth to Yahweh, and I can't go back."
  • 2 Kgs 19:1 : 1 It happened, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Yahweh.
  • Joel 2:13 : 13 Tear your heart, and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.
  • Acts 14:14 : 14 But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they tore their clothes, and sprang into the multitude, crying out,
  • Gen 34:13 : 13 The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,

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  • Gen 37:30-34
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    84%

    30 He returned to his brothers, and said, "The child is no more; and I, where will I go?"

    31 They took Joseph's coat, and killed a male goat, and dipped the coat in the blood.

    32 They took the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, "We have found this. Examine it, now, whether it is your son's coat or not."

    33 He recognized it, and said, "It is my son's coat. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces."

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

  • Gen 37:20-24
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    80%

    20 Come now therefore, and let's kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, 'An evil animal has devoured him.' We will see what will become of his dreams."

    21 Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, "Let's not take his life."

    22 Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him"--that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.

    23 It happened, when Joseph came to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;

    24 and 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%

    27 Come, and let's sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh." His brothers listened to him.

    28 Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. They brought Joseph into Egypt.

  • Gen 42:36-38
    3 verses
    75%

    36 Jacob, their father, said to them, "You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me."

    37 Reuben spoke to his father, saying, "Kill my two sons, if I don't bring him to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him to you again."

    38 He said, "My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol."

  • Gen 44:13
    74%

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

  • Gen 42:22
    73%

    22 Reuben answered them, saying, "Didn't I tell you, saying, 'Don't sin against the child,' and you wouldn't listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required."

  • Gen 43:30
    72%

    30 Joseph hurried, for his heart yearned over his brother; and he sought a place to weep. He entered into his room, and wept there.

  • Gen 44:28
    72%

    28 and the one went out from me, and I said, "Surely he is torn in pieces;" and I haven't seen him since.

  • Gen 42:24
    71%

    24 He turned himself away from them, and wept. Then he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.

  • Gen 45:1
    70%

    1 Then Joseph couldn't control himself before all those who stood before him, and he cried, "Cause everyone to go out from me!" No one else stood with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

  • Gen 37:36
    69%

    36 The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard.