Atad
Atad (Biblical Place • Abel-mizraim • Ancient Near East): Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 50:10 , Gen 50:11 (identified with Abel-mizraim ). It is closely linked with Genesis 50 ( Genesis • Chapter 50 (26 verses)): And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel . And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: ... Mentions: Joseph, Jacob/Israel , Canaan , Abel , Abram/Abraham , Egypt , Goshen 1 , Atad , Jordan .
Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage
Ithamar (Generation 27 • Child of Aaron ): ( Exodus 6:23 , Numbers 3:2 , Numbers 26:60 , 1 Chronicles 6:3 , 1 Chronicles 24:1 ) Moses , Aaron , and his sons were to camp before the tabernacle eastward, toward the sunrise ( Numbers 3:38 ). (mentioned in Exodus 6 , Exodus 28 , Exodus 38 ) Ladan (Generation 29 • Child of Tahan ): Ladan is a biblical figure in Generation 29, child of Tahan , parent of Ammihud . ( 1 Chronicles 7:26 ) (mentioned in 1 Chronicles 7 ) Eber (or Heber ) (Generation 14 • Messianic Line • Child of Shelah ): ( Genesis 10:24 , 1 Chronicles 1:18 , Luke 3:35 , Genesis 11:17-18 ) Eber/Heber is the person who became the father of the Hebrews . Abram was the first to be called a Hebrew in Scripture ( Genesis 14:13 ). (mentioned in Genesis 10 , Genesis 11 , Genesis 14 ) Shem (Generation 11 • Messianic Line • Child of Noah ): ( Genesis 5:32 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 ) • ( Genesis 11:10-11 ) Shem was the oldest of Noah 's sons (Shem is older than Japheth - Genesis 10:21 , Ham is the youngest son- Genesis 9:22-24 ) (mentioned in Genesis 5 , Genesis 6 , Genesis 7 )
Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture
Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Atad (Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 50:10 , Gen 50:11 (identified with Abel-mizraim ).) Athach (Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Sam 30:30 .) Adadah (Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:22 .) Accad (Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 10:10 .)
Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context
Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Genesis 50:10 : "And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad , which is beyond Jordan , and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days..."; Genesis 50:11 : "And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad , they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was c..."; 1 Chronicles 2:36 : "And Attai begat Nathan , and Nathan begat Zabad,". Related canonical books and chapters: Genesis 50 ( Genesis • Chapter 50 (26 verses)).