Genesis 37:35 Cross References - Thomson

³⁵ And all his sons and daughters assembled and came to comfort him, but he would not be comforted saying, I will go to my son mourning, to the mansion of the dead. Thus his father mourned for him.

⁴³ In reply to this Laban said to Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the cattle are my cattle. Even all that thou seest are mine and my daughters. What now can I do to them and their children whom they have born?

²² And while Israel dwelt in that land, Reuben went and lay with Balla the concubine of his father Jacob, and Israel heard of it, and it appeared evil in his sight. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve. ²³ The sons of Leia, Reuben, Jacob's first born, Symeon, Levi, Judas, Issachar, Zabulon: ²⁴ and the sons of Rachel, Joseph and Benjamin; ²⁵ and the sons of Balla, Rachel's handmaid, Dan and Nephthaleim: ²⁶ and the sons of Zelpha, Leia's handmaid, Gad and Aser. These were the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Syrian Mesopotamia.

³¹ and we told him, We are men of peace, We are not spies.

³⁸ But he said, My son shall not go down with you. For his brother is dead and he alone is left. If any mischief should happen to him in the way you are going, you will bring down my old age with sorrow to the mansion of the dead.

²⁹ If therefore you take this one also from me and any misfortune happen to him on the journey, you will bring down my old age with sorrow to the grave. ³⁰ Now therefore if I should go to thy servant our father and this son be not with us, as his life dependeth on the life of this son, ³¹ it will come to pass that when he shall see that this son is not with us he will die. Thus will thy servants bring down the old age of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

²⁸ And Israel said, It is a great thing for me that my son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him, before I die.

¹⁷ And when the elders of his house came to raise him from the ground, he would not consent, nor would he eat bread with them.

¹¹ Now when his three friends heard of all the calamities which were come upon him, they came to him each from his own country, namely, Eliphaz the king of the Thaimanites, Baldad the sovereign of the Saucheans, and Sophar the king of the Minaians. Having made an appointment they came to him to comfort and take care of him,

² In the day of my affliction I sought God with my hands in the night before him; and I was not disappointed. My soul had refused to be comforted;

¹⁵ There was heard at Rama a sound of lamentation and weeping and wailing; Rachel, weeping for her children, refused to be comforted, because they are no more.