Study it in the app“All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted, and said, “Indeed, I will go down to my son mourning, to Sheol.” Thus his father wept for him.”
Allכָלhis sonsבָּנָיוand allוְכָלhis daughtersבְּנֹתָיוrose upוַיָּקֻמוּto comfort him,לְנַחֲמוֹbut he refusedוַיְמָאֵןto be comforted,לְהִתְנַחֵםand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Indeed,כִּיI will go downאֵרֵדto my sonאֶל בְּנִיmourning,אָבֵלto Sheol.”שְׁאֹלָהThus his fatherוַ אָבִיוweptיֵּבְךְּfor him.אֹתוֹ
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banay” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “benotay” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakumu” appearscomfort
To ease someone in his pain with words and company.
Where else “nacham” appearsrefuse
Refuse, be unwilling.
Where else “yemaen” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsgo down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “ered” appearsmourning
Mourning, grieving over a death.
Where else “avel” appearsSheol
Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.
Where else “sheola” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsweep
Weep, cry; mourn for someone.
Where else “yevk” appears34Jacob tore his garments, put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
35 · This verse (above)
36Meanwhile the Medanites sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an official of Pharaoh, the chief of the guard.
1. What it says
What did the brothers do to Joseph, and what did they tell Jacob (vv. 23-33)?
2. What it means
What reasons did the brothers have for hating Joseph (vv. 3-4, 8)?
3. How I live it
How do you handle envy when someone receives more attention than you?
