Genesis 37:35

37:35 All his sons and daughters stood by him to console him, but he refused to be consoled. “No,” he said, “I will go to the grave mourning my son.” So Joseph’s father wept for him.

Genesis 46:4

46:4 I will go down with you to Egypt and I myself will certainly bring you back from there. Joseph will close your eyes.”


tn Heb “arose, stood”; which here suggests that they stood by him in his time of grief.

tn Heb “and he said, ‘Indeed I will go down to my son mourning to Sheol.’” Sheol was viewed as the place where departed spirits went after death.

tn Heb “his”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn Heb “and I, I will bring you up, also bringing up.” The independent personal pronoun before the first person imperfect verbal form draws attention to the speaker/subject, while the infinitive absolute after the imperfect strongly emphasizes the statement: “I myself will certainly bring you up.”

tn Heb “and Joseph will put his hand upon your eyes.” This is a promise of peaceful death in Egypt with Joseph present to close his eyes.