Genesis 37:33

33And he identified it and said, “It is my son’s robe. aA fierce animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces.”

Genesis 37:35

35All his sons and all his daughters brose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, cI shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.

Genesis 42:36

36And Jacob their father said to them, “You have dbereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and now you would take Benjamin. All this has come against me.”

Genesis 45:26

26And they told him, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” And his heart became numb, for he did not believe them.
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