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Genesis 50:11
English Standard Version
Genesis 50:11
English Standard Version
11 When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning on the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a grievous mourning by the Egyptians.” Therefore the place was named Abel-mizraim;[a] it is beyond the Jordan.
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- Genesis 50:11 Abel-mizraim means mourning (or meadow) of Egypt
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The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
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