10 They went to Goren Atad, east of the Jordan River. There they had a long funeral service for Israel, which continued for seven days.
11 When the people who lived in Canaan saw the funeral service at Goren Atad, they said, “This is a time of great sorrow for those Egyptians.” So now that place across the Jordan River is named Abel Mizraim.
12 So Jacob’s sons did what their father told them.
13 They carried his body to Canaan and buried it in the cave at Machpelah. This was the cave near Mamre in the field that Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite. Abraham bought that cave to use as a burial place.
14 After Joseph buried his father, he and everyone in the group with him went back to Egypt.
15 After Jacob died, Joseph’s brothers were worried. They were afraid that Joseph would still be mad at them for what they had done years before. They said, “Maybe Joseph still hates us for what we did.”
16 So the brothers sent this message to Joseph: “Before your father died, he told us to give you a message.