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Abelmizraim

Town · today near the mouth of the Jordan River

Location likely About 30 km (20 miles, 170 furlongs) northeast of Jerusalem

Abel-mizraim in the Bible Dictionary

Named in 1 Verse

  • Genesis 50:11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.

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