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Abel-Mizraim

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A'bel-mizra'im. (meadow of Egypt). The name given by the Canaanites to the floor of Atad, at which Joseph, his brothers and the Egyptians made their mourning for Jacob. Gen 50:11. It was beyond (on the east of) Jordan. See Atad. (Schaff and others say it was on the west bank, for the writer was on the east of Jordan. It was near Jericho, or perhaps Hebron).

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Genesis 50:11