Genesis 50:10 (GNV)

Passage

And they came to Goren Atad, which is beyond Iorden, and there they made a great and exceeding sore lamentation: and he mourned for his father seuen dayes.

Nearby Context

Genesis 50:8 Likewise all the house of Ioseph, and his brethren, and his fathers house: onely their children, and their sheepe, and their cattell left they in the land of Goshen.

Genesis 50:9 And there went vp with him both charets and horsemen: and they were an exceeding great company.

Genesis 50:10 And they came to Goren Atad, which is beyond Iorden, and there they made a great and exceeding sore lamentation: and he mourned for his father seuen dayes.

Genesis 50:11 And when the Canaanites the inhabitants of the lande sawe the mourning in Goren Atad, they sayde, This is a great mourning vnto the Egyptians: wherefore the name thereof was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond Iorden.

Genesis 50:12 So his sonnes did vnto him, according as he had commanded them:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "came", "goren", "atad", "beyond", "iorden", "great", "exceeding", and "sore". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "came" and "goren", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "And there went vp with him both..." into verse 11's "And when the Canaanites the inhabitants of...", so "came" and "goren" belong inside that flow. In Genesis context, the local focus is creation, human rebellion, covenant promise, and God's providence.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "came" and "goren" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.