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Genesis 37:35 — King James Version← Study notes

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 37:35Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 37:3518 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יָּקֻמוּ֩wayāqumw
and they aroseconjH6965
accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···
כָלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
בָּנָ֨י/וbānāyw
sons hisnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
וְ/כָלwəkāl
and allconjH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
בְּנֹתָ֜י/וbənōtāyw
daughters hisnounH1323
branch · company · daughter · first ···
לְ/נַחֲמ֗/וֹlənaḥămwō
to comfort himpronH5162
ease · repent(-er · -ing · self)
וַ/יְמָאֵן֙wayəmāʾēn
and he refusedconjH3985
utterly
לְ/הִתְנַחֵ֔םləhitənaḥēm
to be comfortedpronH5162
ease · repent(-er · -ing · self)
וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
כִּֽיkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אֵרֵ֧דʾērēd
I will go downverbH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
בְּנִ֛/יbəniy
son mynounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
אָבֵ֖לʾābēl
mourningadjH57
-ing)
שְׁאֹ֑לָ/הšəʾōlāh
Sheol towardsnounH7585
hell · pit
וַ/יֵּ֥בְךְּwayēbəkə
and he wept forconjH1058
at all · complain · make lamentation · more ···
אֹת֖/וֹʾōtwō
himparticleH853
אָבִֽי/וʾābiyw
father hisnounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Jacob Would Not Be Comforted
Jacob believes Joseph is dead. He tears his clothes, puts on sackcloth, and grieves. The text says all his sons and all his daughters try to comfort him, and he refuses. Grief is permitted here. Not ...
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