Animals torn by wild beasts I never brought to you; I always absorbed the loss myself. You always made me pay for every missing animal, whether it was taken by day or at night.

Later Reuben returned to the cistern to find that Joseph was not in it! He tore his clothes,

He recognized it and exclaimed, "It is my son's tunic! A wild animal has eaten him! Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!"

Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned for his son many days.

They all tore their clothes! Then each man loaded his donkey, and they returned to the city.

The first disappeared and I said, "He has surely been torn to pieces." I have not seen him since.