Verse 23

But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Am I able to bring him back at this point? I will go to him, but he cannot return to me!’”

Referenced Verses

• Gen 37:35 : 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.
• Job 7:8-9 : 8 The eye of him who sees me now will see me no more; your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone. 9 As a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, so the one who goes down to the grave does not come up again. 10 He returns no more to his house, nor does his place of residence know him any more.
• Job 30:23 : 23 I know that you are bringing me to death, to the meeting place for all the living.
• Luke 23:43 : 43 And Jesus said to him,“I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.”