他们到了约但河外、亚达的禾场，就在那里大大的号啕痛哭。约瑟为他父亲哀哭了七天。

When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, near the Jordan, they lamented loudly and bitterly; and there Joseph observed a seven-day period of mourning for his father.

我读完《血色子午线》所感到的那种震撼和惊惧，完全适合于我对我们那号啕不眠的男婴来临后的家庭环境的感觉。

The shock and awe which I felt while reading entire sections of Blood Meridian fit entirely into the milieu of my home life with the arrival of our squalling, sleepless baby boy.