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Genesis 37:35 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" 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. "

Genesis 37:35

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33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.

34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

35 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.

36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.

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From This Chapter

Genesis 37:1

"And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan."

Genesis 37:2

"These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report."

Genesis 37:3

"Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours."

Genesis 37:4

"And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him."

Genesis 37:5

"And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more."

Genesis 37:6

"And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:"

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