Genesis 50:10

Easy To Read Version

They went to Goren Atad, [262] east of the Jordan River. At this place they had a long funeral service for Israel. This funeral service continued for seven days.

Cross References

Genesis 27:41

After that Esau hated Jacob because of this blessing. Esau thought to himself, “My father will soon die, and there will be a time of sadness for him. But after that I will kill Jacob.”

Genesis 50:11

The people who lived in Canaan saw the funeral service at Goren Atad. They said, “Those Egyptians are having a very sad service!” So now that place across the Jordan River is named Abel Mizraim. [263]

Genesis 50:3

When the Egyptians prepared the body in this special way, they waited 40 days before they buried the body. Then the Egyptians had a special time of sadness for Jacob. This time was 70 days.

Genesis 50:4

After 70 days, the time of sadness was finished. So Joseph spoke to the Pharaoh’s officers. Joseph said, “Please tell this to Pharaoh:

Genesis 50:9

It was a very large group of people. There was even a group of soldiers riding chariots and horses.

2 Samuel 1:17

David sang a sad song about Saul and his son Jonathan.

2 Samuel 11:26

Bathsheba heard that her husband Uriah was dead. Then she cried for her husband.

1 Chronicles 10:12

All the brave men from Jabesh Gilead went to get the bodies of Saul and his sons. They brought them back to Jabesh Gilead. Those brave men buried the bones of Saul and his sons under the large tree in Jabesh. Then they showed their sadness and fasted for seven days.

Job 2:13

Then the three friends sat on the ground with Job for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to Job, because they saw Job was suffering so much.

Ecclesiastes 12:5

You will be afraid of high places. You will be afraid of tripping over every small thing in your path. Your hair will become white like the flowers on an almond tree. You will drag yourself along like a grasshopper when you walk. You will lose your desire \{to live\}. {\cf2\super [45]} And then you will go to your eternal home (the grave). The mourners {\cf2\super [46]} will gather in the streets \{as they carry your body to the grave\}.

Numbers 19:11

If someone touches a dead person’s body, then he will be unclean [256] for seven days.

Numbers 20:29

All the people of Israel learned that Aaron was dead. So every person in Israel mourned [274] for 30 days.

Deuteronomy 1:1

This is the message that Moses gave the people of Israel. He told them these things while they were in the Jordan Valley, in the desert east of the Jordan River. This was across from Suph, between the desert of Paran and the cities Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

Deuteronomy 34:8

The people of Israel cried for Moses for 30 days. They stayed in the Jordan Valley in Moab until the time of sadness was finished.

1 Samuel 31:13

Then these people took the bones of Saul and his three sons and buried them under the big tree in Jabesh. Then the people of Jabesh showed their sadness—they did not eat for seven days.