Genesis 50:11

Translations

Modern

When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.

Traditional

And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel–mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.

Literal

And the inhabitant of the land, the Canaanite, saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, and they said, “This is solemn mourning for the Egyptians.” Upon thus its name was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

Latin

Quod cum vidissent habitatores terræ Chanaan, dixerunt: Planctus magnus est iste Ægyptiis. Et idcirco vocatum est nomen loci illius, Planctus Ægypti.

Original

Hebrew

English

When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.

Notes

Genesis 50:10–13

This journey to Canaan was a sorrowful one, because they went there to bury a man. The next journey into the land would be to live there.

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Jacob Joseph Blessing Symbolic Numbers

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Please let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that pleasant hill country as well as Lebanon!”
Genesis 50:10
When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.

Places

Atad: Threshing floor where Egyptians mourned Jacob Canaan: Ancient region; descendants of Ham; promised to Abraham's descendants Egypt: Ancient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and Exodus Jordan: A river and region, significant in Israel's history

Glossary

Abel-mizraim Atad Book of Exodus Genesis, Book of Jacob Joseph Patriarchs, Period of the Transjordan

Topics

Abel-Mizraim: Place where the Israelites Mourned for Jacob Atad: The Place where the Sons of Jacob Mourned for Their Father Burial: Attended by Great Lamentation At Children: Joseph Egypt: Israel in Jacob's Death and Burial Jacob: Burial of Joseph: Son of Jacob: Mourns the Death of his Father Threshing: Floors For

Genesis 50:11

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