³³ They went down alive into the realm of the dead,^(A) with everything they owned; the earth closed over them, and they perished and were gone from the community.

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.