Abel-mizraim
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Abel-mizraim is a place "beyond," or west, of the Jordan river, at the "threshing-floor of Atad
." Here the Egyptians
mourned seven days for Jacob
(Genesis 50:4-11). Its site is unknown.
Atad
Atad, an 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 account the Canaanites called it “Abel-mizraim” . It...
." Here the Egyptians
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...
mourned seven days for Jacob
Jacob
Jacob "heel" or "leg-puller"), also later known as Israel , as described in the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, the New Testament and the Qur'an was the third patriarch of the Hebrew people with whom God made a covenant, and ancestor of the tribes of Israel, which were named after his descendants.In the...
(Genesis 50:4-11). Its site is unknown.