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Genesis 50:7-14 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

7. So as he went up, all the elders of the house of Pharaoh went with him, along with every patriarch in the land of Egypt,

8. and the house of Joseph with his brothers, except their little ones and flocks and also the herds, which they left behind in the land of Goshen.

9. Likewise, he had in his company chariots and horsemen. And it became a crowd without restraint.

10. And they arrived at the threshing place of Atad, which is situated beyond the Jordan. There they spent seven full days celebrating the funeral rites with a great and vehement lamentation.

11. And when the inhabitants of the land of Canaan had seen this, they said, "This is a great Lamentation for the Egyptians." And for this reason, the name of that place was called, "The Lamentation of Egypt."

12. And so, the sons of Jacob did just as he had instructed them.

13. And carrying him into the land of Canaan, they buried him in the double cave, which Abraham had bought along with its field, from Ephron the Hittite, as a possession for burial, opposite Mamre.

14. And Joseph returned into Egypt with his brothers and all those of his company, having buried his father.

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