Genesis 44:13
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New International Version (©2011)
At this, they tore their clothes. Then they all loaded their donkeys and returned to the city.

New Living Translation (©2007)
When the brothers saw this, they tore their clothing in despair. Then they loaded their donkeys again and returned to the city.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Then they tore their clothes, and every man loaded his donkey, and they returned to the city.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Then they tore their clothes, and when each man loaded his donkey, they returned to the city.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Then they tore their clothes, and each one loaded his donkey and returned to the city.

International Standard Version (©2012)
At this, they all tore their clothes, reloaded their donkeys, and returned to the city.

NET Bible (©2006)
They all tore their clothes! Then each man loaded his donkey, and they returned to the city.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
When they saw this, they tore their clothes in grief. Then each one loaded his donkey and went back into the city.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Then they tore their clothes, and loaded every man his donkey, and returned to the city.

American King James Version
Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.

American Standard Version
Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then they rent their garments, and loading their asses again, returned into the town.

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

English Revised Version
Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then they rent their clothes, and loaded every man his ass, and returned to the city.

World English Bible
Then they tore their clothes, and each man loaded his donkey, and returned to the city.

Young's Literal Translation
and they rend their garments, and each ladeth his ass, and they turn back to the city.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

44:1-17 Joseph tried how his brethren felt towards Benjamin. Had they envied and hated the other son of Rachel as they had hated him, and if they had the same want of feeling towards their father Jacob as heretofore, they would now have shown it. When the cup was found upon Benjamin, they would have a pretext for leaving him to be a slave. But we cannot judge what men are now, by what they have been formerly; nor what they will do, by what they have done. The steward charged them with being ungrateful, rewarding evil for good; with folly, in taking away the cup of daily use, which would soon be missed, and diligent search made for it; for so it may be read, Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, as having a particular fondness for it, and for which he would search thoroughly? Or, By which, leaving it carelessly at your table, he would make trial whether you were honest men or not? They throw themselves upon Joseph's mercy, and acknowledge the righteousness of God, perhaps thinking of the injury they had formerly done to Joseph, for which they thought God was now reckoning with them. Even in afflictions wherein we believe ourselves wronged by men, we must own that God is righteous, and finds out our sin.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then they rent their clothes,.... In token of sorrow and distress, being at their wits' end, like distracted persons, not knowing what to do: this was usually done in the eastern countries when any evil befell, as did Jacob, Genesis 37:34; and as the Egyptians themselves did when mourning for their dead, as Diodorus Siculus (q) relates:

and laded every man his ass; put their sacks of corn on their asses again, having tied them up:

and returned to the city; to the metropolis, as Jarchi, which was either Tanis, that is, Zoan, or, as others think, Memphis: hither they returned to see how it would go with Benjamin, to plead his cause and get him released, that he might go with them, they being afraid to see their father's face without him; otherwise, could they have been content to have gone without him, they might have proceeded on in their journey, see Genesis 44:17.

(q) Bibliothec. l. 1. p. 65.

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Benjamin and the Silver Cup
…12And he searched, and began at the oldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. 13Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. 14And Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground. …

Genesis 37:29 When Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.
Genesis 37:34 Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days.
Genesis 44:4 They had not gone far from the city when Joseph said to his steward, "Go after those men at once, and when you catch up with them, say to them, 'Why have you repaid good with evil?
Numbers 14:6 Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had explored the land, tore their clothes
2 Samuel 1:11 Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore them.
2 Kings 11:14 She looked and there was the king, standing by the pillar, as the custom was. The officers and the trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her robes and called out, "Treason! Treason!"