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.
KJV
Quod cum vidissent habitatores terræ Chanaan, dixerunt : Planctus magnus est iste Ægyptiis. Et idcirco vocatum est nomen loci illius, Planctus Ægypti.
Vulgate
καὶ ἴδον οἱ κάτοικοι τῆς γῆς Χανάαν τὸ πένθος ἐν ἅλωνι Ἀτὰδ καὶ εἶπαν Πένθος μέγα τοῦτό ἐστιν τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις· διὰ τοῦτο ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Πένθος Αἰγύπτου, ὅ ἐστιν πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου.
LXX
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 Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
ASV
וַ/יַּ֡רְא יוֹשֵׁב֩ הָ/אָ֨רֶץ הַֽ/כְּנַעֲנִ֜י אֶת הָ/אֵ֗בֶל בְּ/גֹ֨רֶן֙ הָֽאָטָ֔ד וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ אֵֽבֶל כָּבֵ֥ד זֶ֖ה לְ/מִצְרָ֑יִם עַל כֵּ֞ן קָרָ֤א שְׁמָ/הּ֙ אָבֵ֣ל מִצְרַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּ/עֵ֥בֶר הַ/יַּרְדֵּֽן
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
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Historic Christian voices
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Cross-references
- Exod 2:19 — And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.
- Gen 10:15 — And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth,
- Gen 24:6 — And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
- Gen 50:10 — And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.