Genesis 37:35

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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

Cross References

Job 2:11

Now when Job’s three friends #– #Eliphaz the Temanite,  Bildad the Shuhite,  and Zophar the Naamathite #– #heard about all this adversity that had happened to him, each of them came from his home. They met together to go and sympathise with him and comfort  him.

2 Samuel 12:17

The elders of his house stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.

Genesis 42:38

But Jacob answered, ‘My son will not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left.  If anything happens to him on your journey, you will bring my grey hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.’

Jeremiah 31:15

This is what the Lord says: A voice was heard in Ramah, a lament with bitter weeping – Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted for her children because they are no more.

Genesis 45:28

Then Israel said, ‘Enough! My son Joseph is still alive. I will go to see him before I die.’

Genesis 42:31

But we told him, “We are honest and not spies.

Genesis 31:43

Then Laban answered Jacob, ‘The daughters are my daughters; the children, my children; and the flocks, my flocks! Everything you see is mine! But what can I do today for these daughters of mine or for the children they have borne?

Genesis 25:8

He took his last breath and died at a good old age,  old and contented,  and he was gathered to his people.

Genesis 35:29

He took his last breath and died, and was gathered to his people,  old and full of days. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

2 Samuel 12:23

But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I’ll go to him, but he will never return to me.’

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength,  because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom  in Sheol where you are going.

Genesis 48:11

Israel said to Joseph, ‘I never expected to see your face again, but now God has even let me see your offspring.’

2 Samuel 19:1

It was reported to Joab, ‘The king is weeping. He’s mourning over Absalom.’

1 Chronicles 7:22

Their father Ephraim mourned a long time, and his relatives  came to comfort him.