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Reference: Abel-mizraim
Hastings
The scene of the mourning for Jacob (Ge 50:11). The only clue to its situation is its being 'beyond Jordan.'
The scene of the mourning for Jacob (Ge 50:11). The only clue to its situation is its being 'beyond Jordan.'
When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning for the Egyptians. Therefore the place was called Abel-mizraim [mourning of Egypt]; it is west of the Jordan.