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A MOURNFUL relic this, all torn and stained, defiled with dust, and blood, and tears! We seem to hear the wail of the miserable father, as with anguish he gazed upon the once goodly garment. "It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him! Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces!"
In the excess of his grief, "Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days."