Genesis 50:10-12

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¹⁰ They went to Goren Atad,^[a] east of the Jordan River. There they had a long funeral service for Israel, which continued for seven days. ¹¹ When the people who lived in Canaan saw the funeral service at Goren Atad, they said, “This is a time of great sorrow for those Egyptians.” So now that place across the Jordan River is named Abel Mizraim.^[b]

¹² So Jacob’s sons did what their father told them.