Common English Bible

Genesis 50:9-16 Common English Bible (CEB)

9. Even chariots and horsemen went with him; it was a huge collection of people.

10. When they arrived at the threshing floor of Atad on the other side of the Jordan River, they observed a solemn, deeply sorrowful period of mourning. He grieved seven days for his father.

11. When the Canaanites who lived in the land saw the observance of grief on Atad’s threshing floor, they said, "This is a solemn observance of grief by the Egyptians." Therefore, its name is Abel-mizraim. It is on the other side of the Jordan River.

12. Israel’s sons did for him just as he had ordered.

13. His sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased as burial property from Ephron the Hittite.

14. Then Joseph returned to Egypt, he, his brothers, and everyone who left with him to bury his father.

15. When Joseph’s brothers realized that their father was now dead, they said, "What if Joseph bears a grudge against us, and wants to pay us back seriously for all of the terrible things we did to him?"

16. So they approached Joseph and said, "Your father gave orders before he died, telling us,