Abel-mizraim

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Abel-mizraim (Template:Langx, ’Āḇêl-Mitsrayim,; the "meadow of Egypt", or "mourning of Egypt")[1] is a place "beyond," or east, of the Jordan River, at the "threshing-floor of Atad(גֹּרֶן הָאָטָד)." Here Joseph and his 11 brothers (representing the future 12 tribes of Israel) and the Egyptians mourned seven days for Jacob (Genesis Template:Bibleref2-nb). Its exact site is unknown.[2]

The name Abel-mizraim is only mentioned once in the Hebrew Bible.[3]

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  1. Meadow of Egypt, would come from Abel (Meadow) and Mizraim (Egypt). "Mourning of Egypt" would come from Ebel (Mourning).
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