Genesis 50:11
When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.
Note Abel-mizraim means mourning of the Egyptians.
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 Abel-mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
Note Abel-mizraim: that is, The mourning of the Egyptians
When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, “This is a grievous mourning by the Egyptians.” Therefore its name was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
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 Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the Canaanites
- Genesis 10:15–19; Genesis 13:7; Genesis 24:6; Genesis 34:30
- Abel-mizraim
- i.e., The mourning of the Egyptians.
- 1 Samuel 6:18
- beyond Jordan
- Genesis 50:10; Deuteronomy 3:25, 27; Deuteronomy 11:30