International Children’s Bible

Genesis 50:7-11 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

7. So Joseph went to bury his father. All the king’s officers, the elders of his court and all the elders of Egypt went with Joseph.

8. Everyone who lived with Joseph and his brothers went with him. And everyone who lived with his father also went. They left only their children, their flocks and their herds in the land of Goshen.

9. Men in chariots and on horses also went with Joseph. It was a very large group.

10. They went to the threshing floor of Atad, east of the Jordan River. There they cried loudly and bitterly for Jacob, also called Israel. Joseph’s time of sorrow continued for seven days.

11. The people that lived in Canaan saw the sadness at the threshing floor of Atad. They said, “Those Egyptians are showing great sorrow!” So now that place is named Sorrow of the Egyptians.