Genesis 50:11

50:11 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 ¹  for the Egyptians.” That is why its name was called ²  Abel Mizraim, ³  which is beyond the Jordan.

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¹ tn Heb “this is heavy mourning for Egypt.”

² tn The verb has no expressed subject and so it may be translated as passive.

³ sn The name Abel Mizraim means “the mourning of Egypt.”