29And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
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And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 23-30)We have here the execution of their plot against Joseph. 1. They stripped him, each striving to seize the envied coat of many colours, Gen. 37:23. Thus, in imagination, they degraded him from the birthright, of which perhaps this was the badge, grieving him, affronting their father, and making themselves sport, while they insulted over him. “Now, Joseph, where is the fine coat?” Thus our Lord Jesu…
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