11 Now when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at [a]the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a [b]grievous [c]mourning for the Egyptians.” Therefore it was named [d]Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 50:11 Heb Goren ha-Atad
  2. Genesis 50:11 Lit heavy
  3. Genesis 50:11 Heb ebel
  4. Genesis 50:11 I.e., the meadow (or mourning) of Egypt

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