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Genesis 50:10

AtadJordan
Grief

8 along with all of Joseph’s household, and his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children and flocks and herds were left in Goshen.

9 Chariots and horsemen alike went up with him, and it was an exceedingly large procession.

When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.

11 When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.

12 So Jacob’s sons did as he had charged them.

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BSB
When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.
KJV
And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
WEB
They came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and severe lamentation. He mourned for his father seven days.
ASV
And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
DARBY
And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan; and there they lamented with a great and very grievous lamentation; and he made a mourning for his father of seven days.
BLB
And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which [is] beyond the Jordan, and they mourned there with great and very solemn lamentation, and he made seven days of mourning for his father.
ÅB
Da de kom til Goren-Ha'atad på andre siden av Jordan, holdt de der en stor og høytidelig sørgefest, og han gjorde likferd etter sin far i syv dager.
OTB
Da de nådde treskeplassen til Atad, bortenfor Jordan, sørget de med en meget stor og sorgfull klage; Josef holdt en syv dagers sørgeperiode for sin far.
B1930
Da de kom til Goren-Ha'atad på hin side Jordan, holdt de der en stor og høitidelig sørgefest, og han gjorde likferd efter sin far i syv dager.

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Cross references

  • Job 2:13

    Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.

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  • Acts 8:2

    God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.

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  • 2 Samuel 1:17

    Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,

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  • 1 Samuel 31:13

    Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.

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  • Numbers 19:11

    Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.

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  • Genesis 50:4

    When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that

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  • Genesis 50:11

    When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.

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  • Deuteronomy 1:1

    These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—in the Arabah opposite Suph—between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

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