Genesis 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.

Ge 10:15-19; Ge 13:7; Ge 24:6; Ge 34:30; Ge 50:10; De 3:25,27; De 11:30; 1Sa 6:18

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.”