“Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Genesis 37 contains 36 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.