Genesis 37:33-35

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.” 34Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days. 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 42:38

38But he said, “My son shall not go down with you, for ehis brother is dead, and he is the only one left. fIf harm should happen to him on the journey that you are to make, gyou would bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”

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