Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Genesis 37:35

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 51, footnote 13 (Image)

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CCEL Footnote 827 (In-Text, Margin)

4. Why should I not mourn, you say? Jacob put on sackcloth for Joseph, and when all his family gathered round him, refused to be comforted. “I will go down,” he said, “into the grave unto my son mourning.”[Genesis 37:35] David also mourned for Absalom, covering his face, and crying: “O my son, Absalom…my son, Absalom! Would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son!” Moses, too, and Aaron, and the rest of the saints were mourned for with a solemn mourning. The answer to your reasoning is simple. Jacob, it is true, mourned for Joseph, whom he fancied slain, and thought to meet only in the grave (his words ...