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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
inhabitants	יוֹשֵׁב֩ yo.Shev	H3427	properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular construct
land	הָאָ֨רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
Canaanites	הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֜י ha.ke.na.'a.Ni	H3669	a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine singular absolute
saw	וַיַּ֡רְא vai.Yar'	H7200	to see · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
mourning	הָאֵ֗בֶל ha.'E.vel	H60	lamentation · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
floor	בְּגֹ֙רֶן֙ be.Go.ren	H1637	a threshing-floor (as made even) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
Atad	הָֽאָטָ֔ד ha.'a.Tad	H329	a thorn-tree (especially the buckthorn) · definite article + proper noun, a place name
said	וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ vai.Yo.me.Ru	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
grievous	כָּבֵ֥ד ka.Ved	H3515	heavy · adjective, masculine singular absolute
mourning	אֵֽבֶל 'e.vel-	H60	lamentation · noun, common masculine singular absolute
Egyptians	לְמִצְרָ֑יִם le.mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	Mitsrajim · preposition + proper noun, a place name
it	שְׁמָהּ֙ she.Mah	H8034	an appellation · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
called	קָרָ֤א ka.Ra'	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Abel-mizraim	אָבֵ֣ל 'a.Vel	H67	Abel-Mitsrajim · proper noun, a place name
beyond	בְּעֵ֥בֶר be.'E.ver	H5676	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
Jordan	הַיַּרְדֵּֽן hai.yar.Den	H3383	Jarden · definite article + proper noun, a place name

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Cross-references

Genesis 10:15-19 And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
Genesis 24:6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
Genesis 13:7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled th…
Genesis 34:30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the P…
Genesis 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 m…
Deuteronomy 3:25 I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
Deuteronomy 3:27 Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine ey…
Deuteronomy 11:30 Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 50:7-14

We have here an account of Jacob's funeral. Of the funerals of the kings of Judah, usually, no more is said than this, They were buried with their fathers in the city of David: but the funeral of the patriarch Jacob is more largely and fully described, to show how much better God was to him than he expected (he had spoken more than once of dying for grief, and going to the grave bereaved of his children, but, behold, he dies in honour, and is followed to the grave by all his children), and also because his orders concerning his burial were given and observed in faith, and in expectation both of the earthly and of the heavenly Canaan. Now, 1. It was a stately funeral. He was attended to the g…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 50:10

they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, &c.--"Atad" may be taken as a common noun, signifying "the plain of the thorn bushes." It was on the border between Egypt and Canaan; and as the last opportunity of indulging grief was always the most violent, the Egyptians made a prolonged halt at this spot, while the family of Jacob probably proceeded by themselves to the place of sepulture.

Adam Clarke on Genesis 50:10

The threshing-floor of Atad - As אטד atad signifies a bramble or thorn, it has been understood by the Arabic, not as a man's name, but as the name of a place; but all the other versions and the Targums consider it as the name of a man. Threshing-floors were always in a field, in the open air; and Atad was probably what we would call a great farmer or chief of some clan or tribe in that place. Jerome supposed the place to have been about two leagues from Jericho; but we have no certain information on this point. The funeral procession stopped here, probably as affording pasturage to their cattle while they observed the seven days' mourning which terminated the funeral solemnities, after which…

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John Gill on Genesis 50:11

Dictionary and topics

Abel-mizraim — 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…
Abelmizraim — (meadow of Egypt), the name given by the Canaanites to the floor of Atad, at which Joseph, his brothers and the Egyptians made their mourning for Jacob. (Genesis 50:11) It was beyond (on the east of)…
Alliances — On the first establishment of the Hebrews in Palestine no connections were formed between them and the surrounding nations. But with the extension of their power under the kings alliances became…
Atad — Buckthorn, a place where Joseph and his brethren, when on their way from Egypt to Hebron with the remains of their father Jacob, made for seven days a “great and very sore lamentation.” On this…
Beyond — When used with reference to Jordan, signifies in the writings of Moses the west side of the river, as he wrote on the east bank (Gen. 50:10, 11; Deut. 1:1, 5; 3:8, 20; 4:46); but in the writings of…
Joseph — Remover or increaser. (1.) The elder of the two sons of Jacob by Rachel (Gen. 30:23, 24), who, on the occasion of his birth, said, “God hath taken away [Heb. ‘asaph] my reproach.” “The Lord shall add…
Abel-Mizraim · Place where the Israelites mourned for Jacob — Place where the Israelites mourned for Jacob
Atad · The place where the — The place where the
Burial · Attended by: Great lamentation at — Attended by: Great lamentation at
Egypt · History of Israel in: Jacob’s death and burial — History of Israel in: Jacob’s death and burial
Threshing · Floors for

Genesis 50:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 50:7-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 50:10

Adam Clarke on Genesis 50:10

John Gill on Genesis 50:11

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 50:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 50:7-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 50:10

Adam Clarke on Genesis 50:10

John Gill on Genesis 50:11

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Genesis 50:7-13

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 50:10-11

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 50:10-13

Rashi on Genesis 50:10