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Genesis 50:11

The Canaanites who lived there saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad. They said, "The Egyptians are having a very sad time of mourning." That is why the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.

Genesis 50:11, Readable English Bible (READ)

Note: Abel-mizraim means "mourning of Egypt."

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