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11 When the Canaanites who lived in the land saw them mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a very sad occasion[a] for the Egyptians.” That is why its name was called[b] Abel Mizraim,[c] which is beyond the Jordan.

12 So the sons of Jacob did for him just as he had instructed them. 13 His sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, near Mamre. This is the field Abraham purchased as a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite.

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  1. Genesis 50:11 tn Heb “this is heavy mourning for Egypt.”
  2. Genesis 50:11 tn The verb has no expressed subject and so it may be translated as passive.
  3. Genesis 50:11 sn The name Abel Mizraim means “the mourning of Egypt.”