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.”
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.
“As for me, I am going the way of all of the earth. Be strong and be courageous like a man,
before I go to a land of darkness and gloom, never to return.
Yes, I know that You will lead me to death — the place appointed for all who live.
And He said to him, “I assure you: Today you will be with Me in paradise.”