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Genesis 44

Gen. 44:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then they rent
qara` (Hebrew #7167)
to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)
KJV usage: cut out, rend, X surely, tear.
Pronounce: kaw-rah'
Origin: a primitive root
theirr clothes
simlah (Hebrew #8071)
a dress, especially a mantle
KJV usage: apparel, cloth(-es, -ing), garment, raiment. Compare 8008.
Pronounce: sim-law'
Origin: perhaps by permutation for the feminine of 5566 (through the idea of a cover assuming the shape of the object beneath)
, and laded
`amac (Hebrew #6006)
a primitive root; to load, i.e. impose a burden (or figuratively, infliction)
KJV usage: be borne, (heavy) burden (self), lade, load, put.
Pronounce: aw-mas'
Origin: or mamas {aw-mas'}
every man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
his ass
chamowr (Hebrew #2543)
from 2560; a male ass (from its dun red)
KJV usage: (he)ass.
Pronounce: kham-ore'
Origin: or (shortened) chamor {kham-ore}
, and returned
shuwb (Hebrew #7725)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Pronounce: shoob
Origin: a primitive root
to the city
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
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Gen. 37:29,34• 29And Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his garments,
 34And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days. (Gen. 37:29,34)
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Num. 14:6• 6And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of them that searched out the land, rent their garments. (Num. 14:6)
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2 Sam. 1:11• 11Then David took hold of his garments and rent them; and all the men that were with him did likewise. (2 Sam. 1:11)

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Gen. 37:29‑34• 29And Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his garments,
 30and returned to his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, where shall I go?
 31And they took Joseph's vest, and slaughtered a buck of the goats, and dipped the vest in the blood;
 32and they sent the vest of many colours and had it carried to their father, and said, This have we found: discern now whether it is thy son's vest or not.
 33And he discerned it, and said, It is my son's vest! an evil beast has devoured him: Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces!
 34And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days. (Gen. 37:29‑34)
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Num. 14:6• 6And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of them that searched out the land, rent their garments. (Num. 14:6)
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2 Sam. 1:2,11• 2And it came to pass on the third day, that behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his garments rent, and earth upon his head; and as soon as he came to David, he fell to the earth and did obeisance.
 11Then David took hold of his garments and rent them; and all the men that were with him did likewise. (2 Sam. 1:2,11)
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2 Sam. 13:19• 19And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her vest of many colours which was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went away, crying out as she went. (2 Sam. 13:19)
• And what will it be when the type is fulfilled, and the Lord Himself appears to the Judah of the future day when they look on Him whom they pierced, and mourn as for an only son, every family apart, and the wives apart (Zech. 12)? (“Joseph: 21. The Crucial Test Applied” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Then they rent their clothes, and loaded every man his ass, and they returned to the city.