Genesis 37:35

New American Bible - revised edition

Though his sons and daughters tried to console him, he refused all consolation, saying, “No, I will go down mourning to my son in Sheol.” Thus did his father weep for him.

Cross References

Genesis 25:8

Then he breathed his last, dying at a ripe old age, grown old after a full life; and he was gathered to his people.

Genesis 31:43

Laban replied to Jacob: “The daughters are mine, their children are mine, and the flocks are mine; everything you see belongs to me. What can I do now for my own daughters and for the children they have borne?

Genesis 35:29

then he breathed his last. He died as an old man and was gathered to his people. After a full life, his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Genesis 42:31

But we said to him: ‘We are honest men; we have never been spies.

Genesis 42:38

But Jacob replied: “My son shall not go down with you. Now that his brother is dead, he is the only one left. If some disaster should befall him on the journey you must make, you would send my white head down to Sheol in grief.”

Genesis 45:28

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

Genesis 48:11

Then Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face again, and now God has allowed me to see your descendants as well!”

2 Samuel 12:17

The elders of his house stood beside him to get him to rise from the ground; but he would not, nor would he take food with them.

2 Samuel 12:23

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.”

2 Samuel 19:1

The king was shaken, and went up to the room over the city gate and wept. He said as he wept, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!” Joab Reproves David.

1 Chronicles 7:22

Their father Ephraim mourned a long time, but after his relatives had come and comforted him,

Job 2:11

Now when three of Job’s friends heard of all the misfortune that had come upon him, they set out each one from his own place: Eliphaz from Teman, Bildad from Shuh, and Zophar from Naamath. They met and journeyed together to give him sympathy and comfort.

Psalm 77:2

I cry aloud to God, I cry to God to hear me.

Psalm 77:3

On the day of my distress I seek the Lord; by night my hands are stretched out unceasingly; I refuse to be consoled.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Anything you can turn your hand to, do with what power you have; for there will be no work, no planning, no knowledge, no wisdom in Sheol where you are going. The Time of Misfortune Is Not Known.

Jeremiah 31:15

Thus says the Lord: In Ramah is heard the sound of sobbing, bitter weeping! Rachel mourns for her children, she refuses to be consoled for her children—they are no more!