Genesis 37:29-35

29Now Reuben [unaware of what had happened] returned to the pit, and [to his great alarm found that] Joseph was not in the pit; so he tore his clothes [in deep sorrow].

30He rejoined his brothers and said, “The boy is not there; as for me, where shall I go [to hide from my father]?”

31Then they took Joseph’s tunic, slaughtered a male goat and dipped the tunic in the blood;

32and they brought the multicolored tunic to their father, saying, “We have found this; please examine it and decide whether or not it is your son’s tunic.”

33He recognized it and said, “It is my son’s tunic. A wild animal has devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces!”

34So Jacob tore his clothes [in grief], put on sackcloth and mourned many days for his son.

35Then all his sons and daughters attempted to console him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “I will go down to Sheol (the place of the dead) in mourning for my son.” And his father wept for him.