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Genesis 50:11
New English Translation

11 When the Canaanites who lived in the land saw them mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a very sad occasion[a] for the Egyptians.” That is why its name was called[b] Abel Mizraim,[c] which is beyond the Jordan.

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  1. Genesis 50:11 tn Heb “this is heavy mourning for Egypt.”
  2. Genesis 50:11 tn The verb has no expressed subject and so it may be translated as passive.
  3. Genesis 50:11 sn The name Abel Mizraim means “the mourning of Egypt.”
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