Abel-mizraim

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

This entry incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897.