Genesis 37:29-35

29Later, Reuben returned to the dry well. He saw that Joseph was not there. He tore his clothes because he was very upset.

30Reuben went back to his brothers. He said to them, ‘The boy is not in the well! What can I do now?’

31Then the brothers killed a goat. They took its blood and they put the blood all over Joseph's special coat.

32They took the coat back to their father and they told him, ‘We found this coat. Look at it. Tell us if it is your son's coat.’

33Jacob saw that it was Joseph's coat. He said, ‘It is my son's coat! A wild animal must have eaten him! The animal has torn Joseph's body into pieces.’

34Jacob was so upset that he tore his own clothes. He put on clothes made from sackcloth to show how sad he was. He wept for many days because his son had died.

35All Jacob's sons and daughters came to comfort him. But Jacob was very sad, so they could not make him happy. Jacob said, ‘I will be sad until the day that I die, because my son is dead.’ Jacob wept because Joseph was dead.