Genesis 37:29-35

29Now Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit; so he 1tore his garments.

30He returned to his brothers and said, “2The boy is not there; as for me, where am I to go?”

31So 3they took Joseph’s tunic, and slaughtered a male goat and dipped the tunic in the blood;

32and they sent the varicolored tunic and brought it to their father and said, “We found this; please 4examine it to see whether it is your son’s tunic or not.”

33Then he 5examined it and said, “It is my son’s tunic. 6A wild beast has devoured him; 7Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”

34So Jacob 8tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.

35Then all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, “Surely I will 9go down to Sheol in mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.