Midrasch zu Divrej Hajamim II 5:2
אָז֩ יַקְהֵ֨יל שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה אֶת־זִקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וְאֶת־כָּל־רָאשֵׁ֨י הַמַּטּ֜וֹת נְשִׂיאֵ֧י הָאָב֛וֹת לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶל־יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם לְֽהַעֲל֞וֹת אֶת־אֲר֧וֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָ֛ה מֵעִ֥יר דָּוִ֖יד הִ֥יא צִיּֽוֹן׃
Dann versammelte Salomo die Ältesten Israels und alle Häupter der Stämme, die Fürsten der Väter'Häuser der Kinder Israel nach Jerusalem, um die Bundeslade des HERRN aus der Stadt David, die Zion ist, zu erheben.
Bereishit Rabbah
And all his sons and all his daughters rose (Genesis 37:35) - How many daughters did he have? Only one, and probably she was buried. Rather, this teaches that a person never stops calling their son-in-law "my son" and their daughter-in-law "my daughter". Rabbi Yehudah says: the brothers married [twin] sisters [that were born with them], as it is written "And all his sons and all his daughters rose to console him". "But he refused to be consoled" - a Roman matron asked Rabbi Yosi: it is written "Yehuda became more powerful than his brothers" (II Chron. 5:2) and it is written "when Yehuda was comforted he went to shear his sheep" (Genesis 38:12) and this father, of all of them, refuses to be comforted!? He answered: it is possible to be comforted for those who died, but it is not possible to be comforted for those alive. "And his father cried over him" - this is Itzchak. Both Rabbi Levi and Rabbi Simon say: he would cry at his father's house, and once he left he went and bathed and oiled his skin, and ate and drank. And why did not Itzchak reveal this [that he was alive] to him? Itzchak said: if the Holy One of Blessing did not reveal, I am not revealing. Rabbi Simon said: this is because everyone who one mourns for, one mourns with.
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