KJV King James Version
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.
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Genesis 50:10
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
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 American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they come unto the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and they lament there, a lamentation great and very grievous; and he maketh for his father a mourning seven days,
Surrounding context — Genesis 50
7 And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,
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.
10 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 Abelmizraim, which [is] beyond Jordan.
12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
13 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיָּבֹ֜אוּH935 · boto come (in): comeעַד־H5704 · adtillגֹּ֣רֶןH1637 · go.renthreshing floorהָאָטָ֗דH329 · a.tadAtadאֲשֶׁר֙H834 · a.sherwhichבְּעֵ֣בֶרH5676 · e.verside: besideהַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןH3383 · yar.denJordanוַיִּ֨סְפְּדוּ־H5594 · sa.phadto mournשָׁ֔םH8033 · shamthereמִסְפֵּ֛דH4553 · mis.pedmourningגָּד֥וֹלH1419 · ga.dolgreat: largeוְכָבֵ֖דH3515 · ka.vedheavyמְאֹ֑דH3966 · me.odmuchוַיַּ֧עַשׂH6213 · a.sahto make: doלְאָבִ֛יוH1 · avfatherאֵ֖בֶלH60 · e.velmourningשִׁבְעַ֥תH7651 · she.vasevenיָמִֽים׃H3117 · yomday
Cross-references
Job 2:13So 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.Acts 8:2And devout men carried Stephen [to his burial], and made great lamentation over him.2 Samuel 1:17And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:1 Samuel 31:13And they took their bones, and buried [them] under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.Genesis 50:4And 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,Genesis 50:11And 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 Abelmizraim, which [is] beyond Jordan.Deuteronomy 34:8And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping [and] mourning for Moses were ended.Numbers 19:11He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.Deuteronomy 1:1These [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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