Thematic Bible: Attended by


Thematic Bible



So Joseph went to bury his father. All the king's officials, the senior men of his court, and all the leading men of Egypt went with Joseph. Verse ConceptsCeremoniesOld Age, Attitudes To

Men in chariots and men on horseback also went with him. It was a very large group. Verse ConceptsChariotsDealing With Many People

David told Joab and everyone with him: Show your sorrow by tearing your clothes and wearing sackcloth! Walk in front of Abner's body and cry! David walked behind the coffin on which Abner's body was being carried. Verse ConceptsGesturesClothingClothSackcloth And AshesPreparation For Burial

When he came near the gate of the city he saw people carrying a dead person. It was the only son of a widow. Many people were with her. Verse ConceptsGatesCrowdsLonelinessWidowsCrowds Around JesusThe Only ChildCarrying Dead BodiesOnly Child Of PeopleActual WidowsCorpses Of Other PeopleDeath Of A Mother

They mourned loudly for a long time at the threshing place at Atad east of the Jordan. Joseph performed mourning ceremonies for seven days. The citizens of Canaan saw those people mourning at Atad. They said: What a solemn ceremony of mourning the Egyptians are holding! That is why the place was named Abel-mizraim.

David told Joab and everyone with him: Show your sorrow by tearing your clothes and wearing sackcloth! Walk in front of Abner's body and cry! David walked behind the coffin on which Abner's body was being carried. Abner was buried in Hebron. David and everyone else stood at the tomb and cried loudly.

When my father was about to die, he made me promise him that I would bury him in the tomb that he had prepared in the land of Canaan. Please, let me go and bury my father. Then I will come back. The king replied: By all means go and bury your father, as you promised you would.

His family, including his brothers, and the rest of his father's family all went with him. Only their small children and their sheep, goats, and cattle stayed in the region of Goshen. Verse ConceptsPeople Abandoning People


Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was laid. Verse ConceptsWomenWatching Christ

Jehovah of Hosts says: 'Consider the mourning women that they may come. Send for the wailing women that they may come! Let them hurry and take up a wailing for us. Let our eyes shed tears and our eyelids flow with water.