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Genesis 37:35

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All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” His father wept for him.

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Genesis 37:35 in other translations

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 to Sheol to my son mourning. And his father wept for him.

Genesis 37:35 · American Standard Version

Genesis 37:35 in context

  1. 33He recognized it, and said, “It is my son’s tunic. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.”
  2. 34Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
  3. 35All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” His father wept for him.
  4. 36The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard.