Genesis 37:34-36 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

34. Jacob mourned for Joseph a long time, and to show his sorrow he tore his clothes and wore sackcloth.

35. All Jacob's children came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said, “I will go to my grave, mourning for my son.” So Jacob kept on grieving.

36. Meanwhile, the Midianites had sold Joseph in Egypt to a man named Potiphar, who was the king's official in charge of the palace guard.

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