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Genesis 50:10

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They came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and sore lamentation. He mourned for his father seven days.

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Canaan in the Patriarchal AgeCanaan during the patriarchal period, before the Israelite conquest.
The Ancient Near East (Fertile Crescent)The ancient Near East and Fertile Crescent, from Mesopotamia to Egypt, the world of the patriarchs.

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Atad was a threshing floor “beyond” the Jordan where Jacob’s funeral procession paused, and the Canaanites named

Places in this passage

Genesis 50:10 mentions Abel-mizraim, Atad, Canaan, Egypt, Goshen, Jordan, Machpelah and Mamre.

Abel-mizraim · Davide Mauro
Canaan · Bahnfrend
Egypt · Ricardo Liberato
Goshen · Didia

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