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
And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a great mourning of the Egyptians; therefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
Deuteronomy 1:1
These are the words which Moses spoke unto all Israel on this side of the Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
Seven days
Genesis 50:4
And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke unto those of the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
Numbers 19:11
He that touches the dead body of any human person shall be unclean seven days.
Deuteronomy 34:8
And the sons of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were fulfilled.
1 Samuel 31:13
And they took their bones and buried them under a tree at Jabesh and fasted seven days.
2 Samuel 1:17
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son.
Job 2:13
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word unto him; for they saw that his grief was very great.
Acts 8:2
And devout men carried Stephen to his burial and made great lamentation over him.