35 Then all his sons and all his daughters got up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, “Surely I will (A)go down to Sheol in mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him. 36 Meanwhile, the [a]Midianites (B)sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, Pharaoh’s officer, the captain of the bodyguard.

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  1. Genesis 37:36 Lit Medanites

35 All his sons and daughters came to comfort him,(A) but he refused to be comforted.(B) “No,” he said, “I will continue to mourn until I join my son(C) in the grave.(D)” So his father wept for him.

36 Meanwhile, the Midianites[a](E) sold Joseph(F) in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard.(G)

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  1. Genesis 37:36 Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac (see also verse 28); Masoretic Text Medanites