Génesis 37:34

34 Entonces Jacob rasgó su ropa y se vistió de tela áspera, e hizo duelo por su hijo durante mucho tiempo.

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 Luego enviaron la hermosa túnica a su padre con el siguiente mensaje: «Mira lo que encontramos. Esta túnica, ¿no es la de tu hijo?».

33 Su padre la reconoció de inmediato. «Sí —dijo él—, es la túnica de mi hijo. Seguro que algún animal salvaje se lo comió. ¡Sin duda despedazó a José!».

34 Entonces Jacob rasgó su ropa y se vistió de tela áspera, e hizo duelo por su hijo durante mucho tiempo.

35 Toda su familia intentó consolarlo, pero él no quiso ser consolado. A menudo decía: «Me iré a la tumba
llorando a mi hijo», y entonces sollozaba.

36 Mientras tanto, los mercaderes madianitas
llegaron a Egipto, y allí le vendieron a José a Potifar, quien era un oficial del faraón, rey de Egipto. Potifar era capitán de la guardia del palacio.