8
Joseph also took his entire household and his brothers and their households. But they left their little children and flocks and herds in the land of Goshen.
6
Pharaoh agreed to Joseph’s request. “Go and bury your father, as he made you promise,” he said.
7
So Joseph went up to bury his father. He was accompanied by all of Pharaoh’s officials, all the senior members of Pharaoh’s household, and all the senior officers of Egypt.
8
Joseph also took his entire household and his brothers and their households. But they left their little children and flocks and herds in the land of Goshen.
9
A great number of chariots and charioteers accompanied Joseph.
10
When they arrived at the threshing floor of Atad, near the Jordan River, they held a very great and solemn memorial service, with a seven-day period of mourning for Joseph’s father.