Genesis 37:29 KJV
And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
Words Then and Now
- rent torn; a tear Still heard today: a rent in the fabric, a tear Webster’s 1828 · Rent
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Matthew Henry
- Joseph's brethren sell himThey threw Joseph into a pit, to perish there with hunger and cold; so cruel were their tender mercies. They slighted him when he was in distress, and were...
Thompson Chains
- Clothes RentStarts here · next Genesis 37:34 · 14 links
Cross References
- Genesis 37:34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
- Job 1:20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
- Genesis 44:13 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
- Numbers 14:6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
- Genesis 34:13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
- Judges 11:35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.
- 2 Kings 19:1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
- Joel 2:13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
- Acts 14:14 Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,
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Topics
- Deception In representing to their father that Joseph had been destroyed by wild beasts
- Falsehood Joseph’s brothers, in deceiving their father into a belief that Joseph was killed by wild beasts
- Hypocrisy Jacob’s sons, in deceiving their father concerning Joseph
- Ishmaelites Merchants of, buy Joseph
- Joseph Is falsely reported to his father as killed by wild beasts
- Malice Joseph’s brothers toward Joseph
- Mourning Ripping the garments
- Rending Of garments, an outward sign of affliction
- Reuben Adroitly seeks to save Joseph from the conspiracy of his brothers
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1745–1635 BC · Joseph
Bible Dictionary
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And Reuben רְאוּבֵן rĕʾwwbēn רְאוּבֵן Proper name
- returned וַיָּשָׁב wayyāšāb שׁוּב Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- unto the pit אֶל ʾel Preposition הַבּוֹר habbôr בּוֹר Noun · masculine singular · with the
- and, behold, Joseph וְהִנֵּה wĕhinnê Demonstrative · with and יוֹסֵף yôsēp יוֹסֵף Proper name
- not in the pit אֵין ʾên Negative בַּבּוֹר babbôr בּוֹר Noun · masculine singular · with preposition with the
- and he rent וַיִּקְרַע wayyiqraʿ קָרַע Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- his clothes אֶת ʾet Object marker בְּגָדָיו bĕgādāyw בֶּגֶד Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
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