Dictionaries :: Abel-Mizraim

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Abel-Mizraim:

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

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Abel-Mizraim:

the mourning of Egyptians

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Abel-Mizraim:

a'-bel-miz'-ra-im ('abhel mitsrayim, "meadow of Egypt"): A name given to "the threshing floor of Atad," East of the Jordan and North of the Dead Sea, because Joseph and his funeral party from Egypt there held their mourning over Jacob (Ge 50:11). The name is a pun. The Canaanite residents saw the ‘ebhel, "the mourning," and therefore that place was called ‘abhel mitsrayim.

It is remarkable that the funeral should have taken this circuitous route, instead of going directly from Egypt to Hebron. Possibly a reason may be found as we obtain additional details in Egyptian history. The explanations which consist in changing the text, or in substituting the North Arabian Mutsri for Mitsrayim, are unsatisfactory.

Written by Willis J. Beecher

Nave's Topical Bible

Abel-Mizraim: Place Where the Israelites Mourned for Jacob

Gen 50:11