Places
Goren-ha-Atad
Threshing-floor site across the Jordan where Joseph holds seven days' mourning for Jacob in Genesis 50; Canaanites name it Abel-Mizraim.
Category
Places
First mention
Genesis 50:10
Tags
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Genesis 50JordanMourning
Scripture references
- Genesis 50:10
On arriving at Goren-ha-Atad, which is across the Jordan, they there held a long and solemn lamentation, and Joseph observed seven days' mourning for his father.
- Genesis 50:11
When the Canaanites, the local inhabitants, witnessed the mourning at Goren-ha-Atad, they said, 'This is a solemn act of mourning by the Egyptians,' which is why the place was given the name Abel-Mizraim-it is across the Jordan.