Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
The canaanites
Abel-mizraim
Beyond jordan
Bible References
The canaanites
Genesis 10:15
And Caanan will beget Sidon, his first-born, and Heth,
Genesis 13:7
And there shall be a strife between the shepherds of Abram's cattle, and between the shepherds of Lot's cattle; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite then dwelt in the land.
Genesis 24:6
And Abraham will say to him, Observe to thyself that thou shalt not turn back ray son there.
Genesis 34:30
And Jacob will say to Simeon and to Levi, Ye troubled me to make me evil to him dwelling in the land to the Canaanites, and to the Perizzites and I men of number, and they will gather together and smite me, and I all be destroyed, and my house.
Abel-mizraim
1 Samuel 6:18
And the mice of gold, the number of all the cities of Philisteim, to the five princes from the fortified city, even to the village of the countryman, and even to the great meadow which they put upon it the ark of Jehovah, even to this day in the field of Joshua of the House of the Sun.
Beyond jordan
Genesis 50:10
And they will come to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and they will mourn there a mourning great and strong exceedingly: and he will make for his father a mourning, seven days.
Deuteronomy 3:25
Shall I now pass over and see the good land which is beyond Jordan, this good mountain, and Lebanon?
Deuteronomy 11:30
Are they not in the other side of Jordan behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanite dwelling in the desert over against Gilgal, by the oaks of Moreh?