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Genesis 37:34-35
New International Version
Genesis 37:34-35
New International Version
34 Then Jacob tore his clothes,(A) put on sackcloth(B) and mourned for his son many days.(C) 35 All his sons and daughters came to comfort him,(D) but he refused to be comforted.(E) “No,” he said, “I will continue to mourn until I join my son(F) in the grave.(G)” So his father wept for him.
Genesis 37:34-35
New Living Translation
Genesis 37:34-35
New Living Translation
34 Then Jacob tore his clothes and dressed himself in burlap. He mourned deeply for his son for a long time. 35 His family all tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “I will go to my grave[a] mourning for my son,” he would say, and then he would weep.
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- 37:35 Hebrew go down to Sheol.
Genesis 37:34-35
King James Version
Genesis 37:34-35
King James Version
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.
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