Genesis 50:11

The Passion Translation

When the people of Canaan saw the depth of mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn occasion of grief for the Egyptians,” and named the place near the Jordan, The Mourning of the Egyptians.

Cross References

Genesis 24:6

“Absolutely not,” Abraham answered, “make sure that you do not take my son back there.

Genesis 50:10

When they arrived at the threshing floor of Atad on the other side of the Jordan, they mourned loudly with bitter sorrow for a long time. And Joseph spent seven days there in ceremonial mourning for his father.

Genesis 34:30

When Jacob found out, he said to Simeon and Levi, “What have you done? You have ruined my name, and now the Canaanites and Perizzites and all the people of this land will hate me! My men are so few that if they unite against me and attack, I and all my household will be destroyed!”

Genesis 50:12

So Jacob’s sons did as they were instructed