Atad
אָטָד/AY-tad/
“Bramble or thorn”
Summary
The owner of a threshing floor east of Jordan where Jacob's funeral procession paused for mourning.
☩Place of Mourning
When Joseph brought his father Jacob's body from Egypt to Canaan for burial, the funeral procession stopped at the threshing floor of Atad, beyond the Jordan. There they held a seven-day mourning ceremony so great that the Canaanites renamed the place Abel-mizraim ('mourning of the Egyptians').
Key verses:Genesis 50:10-11
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Atad," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. I (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.F. N. Peloubet & M. A. Peloubet (ed.), "Atad," in Smith's Bible Dictionary (Porter & Coates, 1884).