Genesis 37:35

Grief Comfort Parents and children Death and loss

³³ His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”

³⁴ Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.

³⁶ Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
KJV: 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.
WEB: 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.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted, and said, For I will go down to my son into Sheol mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
BLB: And all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him, and he refused to be comforted. And he said, “For I shall go down to my son mourning, to Sheol.” And his father wept for him.

ÅB: Og alle hans sønner og alle hans døtre kom for å trøste ham; men han ville ikke la seg trøste; han sa: Med sorg må jeg fare ned til min sønn i dødsriket. Og hans far gråt over ham. .
OTB: Alle hans sønner og døtre kom for å trøste ham, men han nektet å la seg trøste. "Nei," sa han, "jeg vil gå ned til graven sørgende over min sønn." Så gråt hans far for ham.
B1930: Og alle hans sønner og alle hans døtre kom for å trøste ham; men han vilde ikke la sig trøste; han sa: Med sorg må jeg fare ned til min sønn i dødsriket. Og hans far gråt over ham. .

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Genesis 42:38
But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”
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Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.
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2 Samuel 12:17
The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.
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Genesis 42:31
But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies.
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Genesis 35:22–26
While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:
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Genesis 31:43
But Laban answered Jacob, “These daughters are my daughters, these sons are my sons, and these flocks are my flocks! Everything you see is mine! Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine or the children they have borne?
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Genesis 45:28
“Enough!” declared Israel. “My son Joseph is still alive! I will go to see him before I die.”
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Psalms 77:2
In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
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