Describing what happened when the patriarch Jacob heard that his son Joseph had been killed, the Bible says: “Jacob ripped his mantles apart and put sackcloth upon his hips and carried on mourning over his son for many days.
Tad cēlās visi viņa dēli un visas viņa meitas, lai viņu mierinātu, bet viņš negribēja ļaut samierināties un sacīja: ” Sērodams es sekošu savam dēlam uz pazemi! ” ”