Génesis 37:34

34 Y Jacob rasgó sus vestidos, puso cilicio sobre sus lomos y estuvo de duelo por su hijo muchos días.

Génesis 37:34 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 37:34

And Jacob rent his clothes
As expressive of his grief and mourning for the death of his son, as he supposed: and put sackcloth upon his loins;
put off his usual apparel, and put on a coarse garment on his loins next to his flesh, as another token of his great trouble and affliction for the loss of his son; which though afterwards was frequently done in times of public or private mourning, yet this is the first time we read of it; whether Jacob was the first that used it, whom his posterity and others imitated, is not certain; however it appears that this usage, as well as that of rending clothes on sorrowful occasions, were very ancient: and mourned for his son many days:
or years, as days sometimes signify; twenty two years, according to Jarchi, even until the time he went down to Egypt and saw him alive.

Génesis 37:34 In-Context

32 y enviaron la túnica de muchos colores y la llevaron a su padre, y dijeron: Encontramos esto; te rogamos que lo examines para ver si es la túnica de tu hijo o no.

33 El la examinó, y dijo: Es la túnica de mi hijo. Una fiera lo ha devorado; sin duda José ha sido despedazado.

34 Y Jacob rasgó sus vestidos, puso cilicio sobre sus lomos y estuvo de duelo por su hijo muchos días.

35 Y todos sus hijos y todas sus hijas vinieron para consolarlo, pero él rehusó ser consolado, y dijo: Ciertamente enlutado bajaré al Seol por causa de mi hijo. Y su padre lloró por él.

36 Mientras tanto, los madianitas lo vendieron en Egipto a Potifar, oficial de Faraón, capitán de la guardia.