Genesis 37:35

New King James Version

And all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and he said, “For I shall go down into the grave to my son in mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.

Cross References

Genesis 25:8

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

Genesis 31:43

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

Genesis 35:29

So 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

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

Genesis 42:38

But he said, “My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is left alone. If any calamity should befall him along the way in which you go, then you would bring down my gray hair with sorrow to the grave.”

Genesis 45:28

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

Genesis 48:11

And Israel said to Joseph, “I had not thought to see your face; but in fact, God has also shown me your offspring!”

2 Samuel 12:17

So the elders of his house arose and went to him, to raise him up from the ground. But he would not, nor did he eat 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 shall not return to me.”

2 Samuel 19:1

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

1 Chronicles 7:22

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

Job 2:11

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, each one came from his own place—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they had made an appointment together to come and mourn with him, and to comfort him.

Psalm 77:2

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; My hand was stretched out in the night 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 hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.

Jeremiah 31:15

Thus says the Lord: “A voice was heard in Ramah, Lamentation and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, Refusing to be comforted for her children, Because they are no more.”