Bible Dictionary

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 u…

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

” Here the Egyptians mourned seventy days for Jacob (Gen. 50:4-11). Its site is unknown.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

A'BEL-MIZ'RAIM (meadow of Egypt), a name given by the Canaanites to the floor of Atad, where Joseph mourned for his father, Jacob. Gen 50:11. It was "beyond " — that is, west of — the Jordan, as the writer was on the east side. Some place it at Beth-hoglah, or near Jericho; others think it was near Hebron.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

the mourning of Egyptians