KJV 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.
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Genesis 37:35
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
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 American Standard 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 to Sheol to my son mourning. And his father wept for him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and all his sons and all his daughters rise to comfort him, and he refuseth to comfort himself, and saith, ‘For—I go down mourning unto my son, to Sheol,’ and his father weepeth for him.
Surrounding context — Genesis 37
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 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.
36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, [and] captain of the guard.
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וַיָּקֻמוּ֩H6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiכָל־H3605 · kolallבָּנָ֨יוH1121 · benson: childוְכָל־H3605 · kolallבְּנֹתָ֜יוH1323 · batdaughterלְנַחֲמ֗וֹH5162 · na.chamto be sorry: comfortוַיְמָאֵן֙H3985 · ma.ento refuseלְהִתְנַחֵ֔םH5162 · na.chamto be sorry: comfortוַיֹּ֕אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforאֵרֵ֧דH3381 · ya.radto go downאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)בְּנִ֛יH1121 · benson: childאָבֵ֖לH57 · a.velmourningשְׁאֹ֑לָהH7585 · she.olhell: Sheolוַיֵּ֥בְךְּH1058 · ba.khahto weepאֹת֖וֹH853 · et[Obj.]אָבִֽיו׃H1 · avfather
Cross-references
Genesis 42:38And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.2 Samuel 12:17And the elders of his house arose, [and went] to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.Job 2:11Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.Genesis 45:28And Israel said, [It is] enough; Joseph my son [is] yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.Genesis 35:22-26And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard [it]. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:Jeremiah 31:15Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, [and] bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they [were] not.Genesis 42:31And we said unto him, We [are] true [men]; we are no spies:Genesis 31:43And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, [These] daughters [are] my daughters, and [these] children [are] my children, and [these] cattle [are] my cattle, and all that thou seest [is] mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?Psalm 77:2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.Genesis 44:29-31And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
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