Discovery BoxGenesis 37:35 
Context37:35 All his sons and daughters stood by 1 him to console him, but he refused to be consoled. “No,” he said, “I will go to the grave mourning my son.” 2 So Joseph’s 3 father wept for him.
Genesis 39:8
Context39:8 But he refused, saying 4 to his master’s wife, “Look, my master does not give any thought 5 to his household with me here, 6 and everything that he owns he has put into my care. 7
1 tn Heb “arose, stood”; which here suggests that they stood by him in his time of grief.
2 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.
3 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Joseph) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “and he said.”
5 tn Heb “know.”
6 tn The word “here” has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
7 tn Heb “hand.” This is a metonymy for being under the control or care of Joseph.
