Genesis 37:34 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 37:34

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

KJV

And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins--the common signs of Oriental mourning. A rent is made in the skirt more or less long according to the afflicted feelings of the mourner, and a coarse rough piece of black sackcloth or camel's hair cloth is wound round the waist.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּקְרַ֤ע	vai.yik.Ra'	and he tore	H7167 →
יַעֲקֹב֙	ya.'a.Ko	Jacob	H3290 →
שִׂמְלֹתָ֔יו	sim.lo.Tav	clothes his	H8071 →
וַיָּ֥שֶׂם	vai.Ya.sem	and he put	H7760 →
שַׂ֖ק	sak	sackcloth	H8242 →
בְּמָתְנָ֑יו	be.ma.te.Nav	on loins his	H4975 →
וַיִּתְאַבֵּ֥ל	vai.yit.'a.Bel	and he mourned	H56 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
בְּנ֖וֹ	be.No	son his	H1121 →
יָמִ֥ים	ya.Mim	days	H3117 →
רַבִּֽים׃	ra.Bim	many	H7227 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Nehemiah 9:1
On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads.
leads to
- Joshua 7:6
  Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown before the ark of the LORD until evening, as did the elders of Israel; and they all sprinkled dust on their heads.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Acts 13:2–3
  While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
- Ezra 8:23
  So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and He granted our request.
- Nehemiah 8:2
  On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could listen and understand.
- 1 Samuel 4:12
  That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.
Through
Joshua 7:6
Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown before the ark of the LORD until evening, as did the elders of Israel; and they all sprinkled dust on their heads.
leads to
- Numbers 14:6
  Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 37:29
  When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,
Through
Genesis 37:29
When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,
leads to
- Job 1:20
  Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,