But now for he is dead, why fast I? whether I shall be able to again-call him more? I shall go more to him, but he shall not turn again to me.
Soothly when his free children were gathered together, that they should appease the sorrow of their father, he would not take comfort; but said, I shall go down into hell, and shall bewail my son. And while Jacob continued in weeping,
Lo! I enter into the way of all earth; be thou comforted, and be thou a strong man.
before that I go, and turn not again, to the dark land, and covered with the darkness of death,
I know, that thou shalt betake me to death, where an house is ordained to each living man.
And Jesus said to him, Truly I say to thee, this day thou shalt be with me in paradise.