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47. Time for Mourning

From: Manners and Customs of the Bible

By: James M. Freeman

Narrator: Chris Genthree

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Genesis 27:41⁴¹And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. (Genesis 27:41). The days of mourning for my father are at hand.

This alludes to the formal ceremonious mourning for the dead, which usually lasted seven days (Gen. 50:10¹⁰And 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 50:10); 1 Sam. 31:13¹³And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days. (1 Samuel 31:13); Job 2:13¹³So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great. (Job 2:13)), though it was sometimes continued for a longer period.

See note on John 11:17¹⁷Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already. (John 11:17) (#808).

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