Study it in the app“They came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and they lamented there with a great and very solemn lamentation; and he observed a mourning of seven days for his father.”
They cameוַיָּבֹאוּtoעַדthe threshing floorגֹּרֶןof Atad,הָאָטָדwhichאֲשֶׁרis beyondבְּעֵבֶרthe Jordan,הַיַּרְדֵּןand they lamentedוַיִּסְפְּדוּthereשָׁםwith a greatגָּדוֹלand veryוְ מְאֹדsolemnכָבֵדlamentation;מִסְפֵּדand he observedוַיַּעַשׂa mourningאֵבֶלof sevenשִׁבְעַתdaysיָמִיםfor his father.לְאָבִיו
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appearsthreshing floor
Threshing floor: flat ground where grain is threshed; also any open, level place.
Where else “goren” appearsAtad; thornbush
Thornbush, bramble; Atad, the name of a place.
Where else “haatad” appearsbeyond
Past the river, especially the Jordan.
Where else “ever” appearsJordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appearsmourn, lament
Mourn, lament: wail over the dead with the customary signs of grief, such as beating the breast.
Where else “yispdu” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appearsvery
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appearssevere
Hard and severe, difficult to bear: a terrible famine.
Where else “chaved” appearslamentation
Lamentation: public expressions of grief for the dead.
Where else “misped” appearscarry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “yaas” appearsmourning
Mourning, grief for one who has died.
Where else “evel” appearsseven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shivat” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsJordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
9There went up with him both chariots and horsemen; and the company was very large.
10 · This verse (above)
11When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn mourning for the Egyptians.” Therefore its name was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
1. What it says
What did Joseph say to his brothers when they feared he would take revenge (vv. 15-21)?
2. What it means
What does it mean that they planned evil against him, but Elohim planned it for good (v. 20)?
3. How I live it
Whom do you need to forgive or ask forgiveness from, and what step can you take?
