Genesis 37:35

And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to console him but he refused to be consoled, and said—Surely I will go down unto my son mourning to hades! And his father wept for him.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

In Context

34And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins,—and mourned over his son many days.

36Now, the Midianites, sold him into Egypt,—to Potiphar courtier of Pharaoh, chief of the royal executioners.

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Cross References

Genesis 35:22And it came to pass while Israel inhabited that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine; and Israel heard of it. And so the Sons of Israel came to be Twelve.

Genesis 42:38And he said, My son shall not go down with you,—For, his brother, is dead and, he alone, is left, and as surely as there befall him any mischief by the way wherein ye go, so surely shall ye bring down my grey hairs with sorrow unto hades.

Genesis 44:31so surely shall it come to pass that when he seeth that the lad is not with us, then will he die. So shall thy servants bring down the grey hairs of thy servant our father, with sorrow to hades.

Genesis 48:11And Israel said unto Joseph, To see thine own face, had I not thought,—and lo! God hath caused me to see even thy seed!

2 Samuel 19:1And it was told Joab,—Lo! the king, is weeping and mourning over Absolom.

Job 2:11Now when the three friends of Job heard of all this misfortune which had befallen him,—they came, every man from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite,—for they had by appointment met together to come to shew sympathy with him, and to comfort him.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 37:32-36

31 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; 32 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no. 33 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. 34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. 35 And all his sons and all his daughters… Read the whole commentary →

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