Genesis 50:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And they come unto the threshing-floor of Atad, which <FI>is<Fi> beyond the Jordan, and they lament there, a lamentation great and very grievous; and he maketh for his father a mourning seven days,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 50:10 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 50:4When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that
- Genesis 50:11When 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.
- Numbers 19:11Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.
- Deuteronomy 1:1These 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.
- Deuteronomy 34:8The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.
- 1 Samuel 31:13Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.
- 2 Samuel 1:17Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,
- 1 Chronicles 10:12all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
- Job 2:13Then 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.
- Acts 8:2God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.
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