But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.
And all his sons and daughters attempted to console him, but he refused to be comforted and said, I will go down to Sheol (the place of the dead) to my son mourning. And his father wept for him.
I go the way of all the earth. Be strong and show yourself a man;
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death,
For I know that You will bring me to death and to the house [of meeting] appointed for all the living.
And He answered him, Truly I tell you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.