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.”
All his sons and all his daughters sought to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father bewailed him.
“I am about to go the way of all the earth. Be strong, be courageous,
before I go, never to return, to the land of gloom and deep darkness,
I know that you will bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
He replied, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”