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Genesis 50:12

10 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.

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

13 They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.

14 After Joseph had buried his father, he returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone with him to bury his father.

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BSB
So Jacob’s sons did as he had charged them.
KJV
And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
WEB
His sons did to him just as he commanded them,
ASV
And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
DARBY
And his sons did to him according as he had commanded them;
BLB
And his sons did for him so, as he had commanded them.
ÅB
Og hans sønner gjorde med ham slik som han hadde pålagt dem;
OTB
Så gjorde Jakobs sønner for ham som han hadde instruert dem:
B1930
Og hans sønner gjorde med ham således som han hadde pålagt dem;

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Cross references

  • Acts 7:16

    Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.

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  • Genesis 49:29–32

    Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

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  • Ephesians 6:1

    Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

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  • Exodus 20:12

    Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

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  • Genesis 47:29–31

    When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,

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