¶ So Joseph went up to bury his father, and with him went all the servants of Pharaoh, both the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

Likewise all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father’s house: only their children, and their sheep, and their cattle left they in the land of Goshen.

And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and they were an exceeding great company.

10 And they came to [a]Goren Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they made a great and exceeding sore lamentation: and he mourned for his father seven days.

11 And when the Canaanites the inhabitants of the land saw the mourning in Goren Atad, they said, This is a great mourning unto the Egyptians: wherefore the name thereof was called [b]Abel Mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.

12 So his sons did unto him, according as he had commanded them:

13 (A)For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which cave (B)Abraham bought with the field, to be a [c]place to bury in, of Ephron the Hittite beside Mamre.

14 ¶ Then Joseph returned into Egypt, he and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after that he had buried his father.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 50:10 Or, the corn floor of Atad.
  2. Genesis 50:11 Or, the lamentation of the Egyptians.
  3. Genesis 50:13 Or, a possession.

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