“All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to SheolSheol is the place of the dead. to my son mourning.” His father wept for him.”
— WEB
Genesis 37:35
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“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.”
— KJV
“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 to Sheol to my son mourning. And his father wept for him.”
— ASV
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Commentary
and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son--not the earth, for Joseph was supposed to be torn in pieces, but the unknown place--the place of departed souls, where Jacob expected at death to meet his beloved son. Next: Genesis Chapter 38
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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