Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
Beyond
Bible References
Beyond
Genesis 50:11
When the Canaanite inhabitants of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn mourning on the part of the Egyptians.” Therefore the place is named Abel-mizraim. It is across the Jordan.
Deuteronomy 1:1
These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel across the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di-zahab.
Seven days
Genesis 50:4
When the days of mourning were over, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s household, “If I have found favor with you, please tell Pharaoh that
Numbers 19:11
“The person who touches any human corpse will be unclean for seven days.
Deuteronomy 34:8
The Israelites wept for Moses in the plains of Moab 30 days. Then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.
1 Samuel 31:13
Afterward, they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
2 Samuel 1:17
David sang the following lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,
Job 2:13
Then they sat on the ground with him seven days and nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw that his suffering was very intense.
Acts 8:2
Devout men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.