Genesis 37:35

Translations

Modern

All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.

Traditional

And 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 unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

Literal

And all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him, and he refused to be comforted. And he said, “For I shall go down to my son mourning, to Sheol.” And his father wept for him.

Latin

Congregatis autem cunctis liberis ejus ut lenirent dolorem patris, noluit consolationem accipere, sed ait: Descendam ad filium meum lugens in infernum. Et illo perseverante in fletu,

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English

All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No, ” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.

Notes

Genesis 37:34–35

Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist: This showed his extreme distress and mourning (see 44:13; Job 1:20; 16:15). Jacob was devastated and refused to be comforted. This betrayal affected his entire family.

Genesis 37:31–35

The family’s long pattern of deception influenced the brothers. Jacob had used a young goat to deceive Isaac (27:5–17). Now Jacob’s sons deceived him using a goat (see study note on 30:34–36).

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Jacob Joseph Symbolic Numbers The Righteous Suffer

Events

Joseph sold to Egyptc. 1728 BC

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Genesis 42:38
But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”
Job 2:11
Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.
2 Samuel 12:17
The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.
Genesis 44:29–31
Now if you also take this one from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’
Genesis 35:22–26
While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:
Genesis 45:28
“Enough!” declared Israel. “My son Joseph is still alive! I will go to see him before I die.”
Psalm 77:2
In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
Jeremiah 31:15
This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
Genesis 31:43
But Laban answered Jacob, “These daughters are my daughters, these sons are my sons, and these flocks are my flocks! Everything you see is mine! Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine or the children they have borne?
Genesis 42:31
But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies.

Glossary

Arabia, Arabs Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Dothan Genesis, Book of Hades Hell Hivites Jacob Joseph Keturah Midian, Midianite Patriarchs, Period of the Reuben (Person)

Topics

Bereavement: Jacob, of Joseph Children: Grief Occasioned by Loss of Deception in Representing to Their Father That Joseph had been Destroyed by Wild Beasts Falsehood: Joseph's Brothers, in Deceiving Their Father Into a Belief That Joseph Was Killed by Wild Beasts Hell: |Sheol| is Translated |Grave| in Av In Hypocrisy: Jacob's Sons, in Deceiving Their Father Concerning Joseph Ishmaelites: Merchants of, Buy Joseph Jacob: His Grief Over the Loss of Joseph Joseph: Son of Jacob is Falsely Reported to his Father As Killed by Wild Beasts Joseph: Son of Jacob: His Father's Favorite Child Sorrow: from Bereavement of Jacob for Joseph Weeping of Jacob

Genesis 37:35

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