Genesis 37:35
All his sons and daughters came to comfort him. However, he refused to be comforted. He said: I will go down to the grave still mourning for my son. So he continued to mourn for his son Joseph.
Genesis 42:38
Jacob replied: My son will not go with you. His brother is dead, and he is the only one left. If any harm comes to him on the trip you are taking, the grief would drive this gray-haired old man to his grave!
2 Samuel 12:17
The elders in his palace stood beside him to raise him up from the ground. But he was unwilling and he would not eat with them.
Genesis 31:43
Then Laban answered Jacob: These are my daughters, my grandchildren, and my flocks. Everything you see is mine! Yet, what can I do today for my daughters or for their children?
Genesis 35:22-26
While Israel lived in that region, Reuben went to bed with his father's concubine Bilhah. Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons.
Genesis 42:31
We told him: We are honest men, not spies.
Genesis 44:29-31
If you take this one from me now and something happens to him, the sorrow you would cause me would kill me, as old as I am.'
Genesis 45:28
He said: Now I can believe you! My son Joseph must really be alive. I will get to see him before I die.
Job 2:11
Job's three friends heard about all the terrible things that happened to him. Each of them came from his home: Eliphaz of Teman, Bildad of Shuah, and Zophar of Naama. They agreed they would go together to sympathize with Job and comfort him.
Psalm 77:2
In the day of my trouble I sought Jehovah. My hand was stretched out in the night, and did not get tired. I refused to be comforted.
Jeremiah 31:15
This is what Jehovah says: 'A sound is heard in Ramah, the sound of crying in bitter grief. Rachel is crying for her children. She refuses to be comforted, because they are dead.'