Bible Location
Meaning: the mourning of Egyptians · 1 cross reference
Abel-mizraim was the mourning place near the threshing floor of Atad where Jacob's funeral procession paused. It is important because it memorializes the deep grief surrounding Jacob's burial journey. First appears in Gen 50:11.1
Place meaning
the mourning of Egyptians
First appears
Gen 50:11
AI summary: Abel-mizraim matters because it turns mourning into geography. The place-name itself preserves the impression made by the funeral lament, showing how an event of grief could leave a permanent mark on the land.1
Place meaning
the mourning of Egyptians
Bible references
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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. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.