Genesis 50:10

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

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.

Latin

Veneruntque ad Aream Atad, quæ sita est trans Jordanem: ubi celebrantes exequias planctu magno atque vehementi impleverunt septem dies.

Original

Hebrew

English

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.

Notes

Genesis 50:10–13

This journey to Canaan was a sorrowful one, because they went there to bury a man. The next journey into the land would be to live there.

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Jacob Joseph Blessing Symbolic Numbers

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Places

Atad: Threshing floor where Egyptians mourned Jacob Jordan: A river and region, significant in Israel's history

Glossary

Atad Book of Exodus Genesis, Book of Jacob Joseph Patriarchs, Period of the Transjordan

Topics

Atad: The Place where the Sons of Jacob Mourned for Their Father Burial: Attended by Great Lamentation At Children: Joseph Egypt: Israel in Jacob's Death and Burial Jacob: Burial of Joseph: Son of Jacob: Mourns the Death of his Father Mourning for the Dead: Lamentations Seven: Days: Mourning for Jacob Lasted For The Dead: Mourning For, often: Lasted Many Days Threshing: Floors For Threshing: The Place for was Large and Roomy

Genesis 50:10

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