Genesis 37:35 · WEB
“All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, "For I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning." His father wept for him.”
— Genesis 37:35
Era
Patriarchs (~2000 BC)
Emotion
grieving
Type
narrative
Emotional genome
Comfort power
Quotability
Memorability
Crisis relevance
Standalone
inconsolable griefparental lovedeath wish
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