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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 inhabiters of the land the Canaanites saw the mourning in the field of Atad, they said, "This is a great mourning which the Egyptians make." Wherefore the name of the place is called Abelmizraim, which place lieth beyond Jordan.