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Reference: Abel-mizraim
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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.'
Now when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, "This is a grievous mourning for the Egyptians." Therefore it was named Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
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