Genesis 37
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Genesis 37:29-35

29When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.

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

31So they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a male goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.

32They sent the long-sleeved robe to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it. Is it your son’s robe or not?”

33His father recognized it. “It is my son’s robe,” he said. “A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has been torn to pieces!”

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

35All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” And his father wept for him.

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