Genesis 37: 35

LDS.org ► Gospel Library ► Scriptures ► Old Testament ► Genesis ► 37

Search for:

THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES CALLED
GENESIS

CHAPTER 37

35 And all his ^asons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be ^bcomforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son ^cmourning. Thus his father wept for him.

Footnotes

35a	Gen. 46: 7. 7 His sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and all his ^aseed brought he with him into Egypt.
b	Ps. 77: 2. 2 In the day of my trouble I ^asought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be ^bcomforted. Ether 15: 3. 3 He began to repent of the evil which he had done; he began to remember the words which had been spoken by the mouth of all the prophets, and he saw them that they were fulfilled thus far, every whit; and his soul ^amourned and refused to be ^bcomforted. Moses 7: 44. 44 And as Enoch saw this, he had ^abitterness of soul, and wept over his brethren, and said unto the heavens: I will refuse to be ^bcomforted; but the Lord said unto Enoch: Lift up your heart, and be glad; and look.
c	Gen. 42: 38. 38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with ^asorrow to the grave. TG Mourning.