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.
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Bible References
Beyond
Genesis 50:11
When the Canaanites who lived in the land saw them mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, "This is a very sad occasion for the Egyptians." That is why its name was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
Deuteronomy 1:1
This is what Moses said to the assembly of Israel in the Transjordanian wastelands, the arid country opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di Zahab
Seven days
Genesis 50:4
When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh's royal court, "If I have found favor in your sight, please say to Pharaoh,
Numbers 19:11
"'Whoever touches the corpse of any person will be ceremonially unclean seven days.
Deuteronomy 34:8
The Israelites mourned for Moses in the deserts of Moab for thirty days; then the days of mourning for Moses ended.
1 Samuel 31:13
They took the bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh; then they fasted for seven days.
2 Samuel 1:17
Then David chanted this lament over Saul and his son Jonathan.
Job 2:13
Then they sat down with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, yet no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.
Acts 8:2
Some devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over him.