Abel-mizraim

Abel-mizraim

Abel-mizraim (the "meadow of Egypt", or "mourning of Egypt") is a place "beyond," or west, of the Jordan river, at the "threshing-floor of Atad." Here the Egyptians mourned seventy days for Jacob (Genesis 50:4-11). Its site is unknown.


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  • Atad — Atad, a Old Testament Hebrew name meaning buckthorn. It was the place where Joseph and his brothers, when on their way from Egypt to Hebron with the remains of their father Jacob, made for seven days a “great and very sore lamentation.” On this… …   Wikipedia

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