And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
WEB
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
YLT
And Jacob rendeth his raiment, and putteth sackcloth on his loins, and becometh a mourner for his son many days,
DBT
And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)