13Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
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Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:
And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes. …
And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.
It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-17)Joseph heaps further kindnesses upon his brethren, fills their sacks, returns their money, and sends them away full of gladness; but he also exercises them with further trials. Our God thus humbles those whom he loves and loads with benefits. Joseph ordered his steward to put a fine silver cup which he had (and which, it is likely, was used at his table when they dined with him) into Benjamin’s sa…
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