Skip to content
mannafest.faith
Read

Genesis 50:11

in Genesis 50

When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

KJV

And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel–mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.

⋯

This verse in Genesis 50

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

the threshing floor of Atad

on Genesis 50:10-11

Seven days of mourning are kept at the threshing floor of Atad, across the Jordan, and the Canaanites who watch call it a ceremony of the Egyptians. Adam Clarke sets out the old question whether Atad is a man's name or the thornbush the word means. The place keeps the name Abel-mizraim, the mourning of Egypt.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, 17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father.

quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture

And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites,....

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

This, as our sages of blessed memory say, took place after they interred Jacob. 6 What I.E.
Ibn Ezra: Spain, 1089–1167 · Ibn Ezra on Genesis 50:10:1, via Sefaria, Ibn Ezra's commentary on the Pentateuch, tran. and annot. by H. Norman Strickman and Arthur M. Silver. Menorah Pub., 1988-2004

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 7 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

22 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיַּ֡רְאand he saw

    vaiyar'H7200 →1300 times

  • יוֹשֵׁב֩[the] inhabitant[s] of

    yoshevH3427 →1079 times

  • הָאָ֨רֶץthe land

    haaretzH776 →2504 times

  • הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֜יthe Canaanite[s]

    hakenaaniH3669 →73 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הָאֵ֗בֶלthe mourning

    haevelH60 →24 times

  • בְּגֹ֙רֶן֙at [the] threshing floor of

    begorenH1637 →

  • הָֽאָטָ֔ד<the> Atad

    haatadH329 →

  • וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּand they said

    vaiyomeruH559 →5305 times

  • אֵֽבֶל־[is] mourning

    ʾevel-H60 →24 times

  • כָּבֵ֥דheavy

    kavedH3515 →41 times

  • זֶ֖הthis

    zehH2088 →1180 times

  • לְמִצְרָ֑יִםfor Egypt

    lemitzrayimH4714 →641 times

  • עַל־there-

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • כֵּ֞ן-fore

    kenH3651 →771 times

  • קָרָ֤אsomeone called

    kara'H7121 →733 times

  • שְׁמָהּ֙name its

    shemahH8034 →864 times

  • אָבֵ֣לAbel

    ʾavelH67 →

  • מִצְרַ֔יִםMizraim

    mitzrayimH67 →

  • אֲשֶׁ֖רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • בְּעֵ֥בֶר[is] on [the] other side of

    beeverH5676 →

  • הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃the Jordan

    haiyardenH3383 →182 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

12 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Genesis 24:6Abraham replied, “Make sure that you do not take my son back there.3 worksGenesis 10:15–19And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,3 worksExodus 2:19“An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they replied. “He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”3 worksGenesis 50:10When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.3 worksGenesis 34:30Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”2 worksDeuteronomy 11:30Are not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the Oak of Moreh?2 works
The other 6 cross-references, with their words ▾
Genesis 13:7And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.2 works1 Samuel 6:18The number of gold rats also corresponded to the number of Philistine cities belonging to the five rulers—the fortified cities and their outlying villages. And the large rock on which they placed the ark of the LORD stands to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.2 worksDeuteronomy 3:25Please let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that pleasant hill country as well as Lebanon!”2 worksDeuteronomy 3:27Go to the top of Pisgah and look to the west and north and south and east. See the land with your own eyes, for you will not cross this Jordan.2 works1 Samuel 25:1When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.2 works2 Samuel 1:17Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Genesis 50:10

    When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.

    it leads to

    • Job 2:13

      Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.

    • Acts 8:2

      God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.

    • 2 Samuel 1:17

      Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,

  • Through

    Genesis 34:30

    Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if…

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 13:4

      And all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to the Philistines!” Then the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.

    • Exodus 5:21

      “May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill…

    • Psalms 105:12

      When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,

    • Joshua 7:25

      “Why have you brought this trouble upon us?” said Joshua. “Today the LORD will bring trouble upon you!” And all Israel stoned him to death. Then they stoned the others and burned their bodies.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 11:30

    Are not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the Oak of Moreh?

    it leads to

    • Genesis 12:6

      Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.

Where this verse is studied

On this page

Studies2

On this verse

On this chapter

About Genesis

The Creation of Light, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Creation of Light, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Genesis: the study guide →Read Genesis 50 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

Read on in Genesis 50 →