Their father Jacob objected to their taking him, saying, "My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to hell [_sheol_, the grave]".
(Genesis 42:38) We know, then, that the hell here described could not be a place of fire and brimstone, for the gray hairs of Jacob would not last long in the fire.

What he really meant was that as an old, gray-headed man he would go down to the grave in sorrow if anything befell his beloved son.
[88]Jesus came to earth and lived and died and was buried; and it was written of him that he went to hell.

"Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell." (Psalm 16:10) If hell is a place of endless torment and Jesus went there he could not have been released.

The fact that he did not remain in hell is proof conclusive that hell is not a place of eternal torment.
[89]Jehovah established the true religion in the earth, which was and is to worship him and glorify his name.

Satan established a false religion in his attempt to be like the Most High.