“And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.”
He recognized it and said: it is my son's robe! Some ferocious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces. And Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days. The recognition of the robe and the conclusion Jacob reaches — some ferocious animal has devoured him — is exactly what the brothers planned in verse 20. The grief of Jacob is the grief of a man whose greatest love has been taken from him. The application: the grief of the deceived father who mourns the son who is alive is one of the most painful ironies in Genesis.
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