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Genesis 50:10

AtadJordan
Grief

8 And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father’s house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.

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.

11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.

12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded 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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  • Job 2:13

    So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

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  • Acts 8:2

    And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

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  • 2 Samuel 1:17

    And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

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  • 1 Samuel 31:13

    And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

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  • Numbers 19:11

    He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

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  • Genesis 50:4

    And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

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  • Genesis 50:11

    And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.

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  • Deuteronomy 1:1

    These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

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