Kejadian 37:34

37:34 Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, ¹  and mourned for his son many days.

Ulangan 1:3

1:3 However, it was not until ²  the first day of the eleventh month ³  of the fortieth year ⁴  that Moses addressed the Israelites just as ⁵  the Lord had instructed him to do.

¹ tn Heb “and put sackcloth on his loins.”

² tn Heb “in” or “on.” Here there is a contrast between the ordinary time of eleven days (v. 2) and the actual time of forty years, so “not until” brings out that vast disparity.

³ sn The eleventh month is Shebat in the Hebrew calendar, January/February in the modern (Gregorian) calendar.

⁴ sn The fortieth year would be 1406 b.c. according to the “early” date of the exodus. See E. H. Merrill, Kingdom of Priests, 66-75.

⁵ tn Heb “according to all which.”