Thushis sonsdidfor him as he had chargedthem;
Now when the inhabitantsof the land,the Canaanites,sawthe mourningat the threshingfloorof Atad,they said,"Thisis a grievousmourningfor the Egyptians."Thereforeit was namedAbel-mizraim,whichis beyondthe Jordan.
for his sonscarriedhim to the landof Canaanand buriedhim in the caveof the fieldof MachpelahbeforeMamre,whichAbrahamhad boughtalong with the fieldfor a burialsitefrom Ephronthe Hittite.
"Honoryour fatherand your mother,that your daysmay be prolongedin the landwhichthe LORDyour Godgivesyou.
"[From there] they were removedto Shechemand laidin the tombwhichAbrahamhad purchasedfor a sumof moneyfrom the sonsof Hamorin Shechem.
Children,obeyyour parentsin the Lord,for thisis right.
