Free Grace Broadcaster Issue 276 Beatific Vision, Article 1of 9

Jacob's heart was exceedingly set on Joseph. His very life was bound up in the life of the lad. Now, when the supposed death of the child was brought to him, how did he respond? And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him (Genesis 37:34-35). Here, as in a looking glass, the effects of excessive love for a child are represented.