Genesis 37:35

Modern English Version

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 mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.

Cross References

Genesis 25:8

Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people.

Genesis 31:43

Then Laban answered and said to Jacob, “These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine. But what can I do this day to my daughters or to their children whom they have borne?

Genesis 35:29

And Isaac breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, being old and full of days, and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Genesis 42:31

And we said to him, ‘We are honest men. We are not spies.

Genesis 42:38

But Jacob said, “My son must not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If harm should happen to him on the journey you are to make, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.”

Genesis 45:28

Then Israel said, “Enough! Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”

Genesis 48:11

Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face; and behold, God has let me see your children also.”

2 Samuel 12:17

The elders of his house stood beside him to rouse him from the ground, but he was not willing, nor would he consume food with them.

2 Samuel 12:23

But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Am I able to bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”

2 Samuel 19:1

It was told to Joab, “Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom.”

1 Chronicles 7:22

Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.

Job 2:11

Three friends of Job heard about all this evil that had come upon him, and each one came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They had agreed together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

Psalm 77:2

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; in the night my hand was stretched out without ceasing; my soul refused to be comforted.

Psalm 77:3

I remembered God, and was troubled; I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed.   Selah

Ecclesiastes 9:10

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

Jeremiah 31:15

Thus says the Lord: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.