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Genesis 37:35
New English Translation
Genesis 37:35
New English Translation
35 All his sons and daughters stood by[a] him to console him, but he refused to be consoled. “No,” he said, “I will go to the grave mourning my son.”[b] So Joseph’s[c] father wept for him.
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- Genesis 37:35 tn Heb “arose, stood”; which here suggests that they stood by him in his time of grief.
- Genesis 37:35 tn Heb “and he said, ‘Indeed I will go down to my son mourning to Sheol.’” Sheol was viewed as the place where departed spirits went after death.
- Genesis 37:35 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
Genesis 37:35
New International Version
Genesis 37:35
New International Version
35 All his sons and daughters came to comfort him,(A) but he refused to be comforted.(B) “No,” he said, “I will continue to mourn until I join my son(C) in the grave.(D)” So his father wept for him.
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