Genesis 37:35

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All of Jacob’s sons and daughters tried to comfort him. But Jacob was never comforted. Jacob said, “I will be sorry for my son until the day I die.” [227] So Jacob continued to be sad for his son Joseph.

Cross References

Genesis 25:8

Then Abraham grew weak and died. He had lived a long and satisfying life. He died and was gathered to his people.

Genesis 31:43

Laban said to Jacob, “These women are my daughters. And these children belong to me. And these animals are mine. Everything you see here belongs to me. But I can do nothing to keep my daughters and their children.

Genesis 35:29

Then Isaac became weak and died. Isaac had lived a long and full life. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him in the same place as his father.

Genesis 42:31

But we told him that we weren’t spies, we were honest men!

Genesis 42:38

But Jacob said, “I will not let Benjamin go with you. His brother is dead, and he is the only son left from my wife Rachel. It would kill me if anything happened to him during the trip to Egypt. You would send me to the grave [244] a very sad, old man.”

Genesis 45:28

Israel said, “Now I believe you. My son Joseph is still alive! I am going to see him before I die!”

Genesis 48:11

Then Israel said to Joseph, “I never thought I would see your face again. But look! God has let me see you and your children.”

2 Samuel 12:17

The leaders of David’s family came and tried to pull David up from the ground. But David refused to get up. He refused to eat food with these leaders.

2 Samuel 12:23

But now the baby is dead. So why should I refuse to eat? Can I bring the baby back to life? No! Some day I will go to him, but he can’t come back to me.”

2 Samuel 19:1

People told the news to Joab. They told Joab, “Look, the king is crying and very sad for Absalom.”

1 Chronicles 7:22

Ephraim was the father of Ezer and Elead. He cried for many days because Ezer and Elead were dead. Ephraim’s family came to comfort him.

Job 2:11

Three of Job’s friends were Eliphaz from Teman, Bildad from Shuah, and Zophar from Naamah. These three friends heard about all the bad things that happened to Job. These three friends left their homes and met together. They agreed to go and show sympathy to Job and to comfort him.

Psalm 77:2

My Master, I come to you\par when I have trouble.\par I reached out for you all night long.\par My soul refused to be comforted.\par

Psalm 77:3

I think about God,\par and I try to tell him how I feel.\par But I can’t.\par

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Every time you find work to do, do it the best you can. In the grave there is no work. There is no thinking, no knowledge, and there is no wisdom. And we are all going to that \{place of death\}.

Jeremiah 31:15

The Lord says:\par “A sound will be heard in Ramah.\par It will be bitter crying and\par much sadness.\par Rachel {\cf2\super [253]} will be crying for her children.\par Rachel will refuse to be comforted,\par because her children are dead.”\par