Quotes About Loss

The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food, and they went on their way.

But Lotís wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.

Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,

And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his motherís death.

Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, O my father!” Then Esau wept aloud.

until your brotherís rage against you wanes and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send for you and bring you back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”

Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us.

But you did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. Now you have done a foolish thing.

“I was afraid,” Jacob answered, “for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.

I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.

They took their flocks and herds and donkeys, and everything else in the city or in the field.

They carried off all their possessions and women and children, and they plundered everything in their houses.

So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,

returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”

They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your sonís robe or not.”

His father recognized it and said, “It is my sonís robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”

Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.

Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your fatherís house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her fatherís house.

After a long time Judahís wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.

Then Tamar got up and departed. And she removed her veil and put on her widowís garments again.

Now when Judah sent his friend Hirah the Adullamite with the young goat to collect the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.