Atad was a threshing floor near the Jordan River where the Egyptians mourned Jacob's death.
Also known as Abel-mizraim · Abel Mizraim
Atad, also known as Abel-mizraim, was a threshing floor located east of the Jordan River. It was named in the Bible as the place where the funeral procession of Israel (or 'Jacob'), led by his son Joseph, stopped to mourn on their way from Egypt to Hebron (Genesis 50:10-11). The name Abel-mizraim means "mourning of the Egyptians," referring to the seven-day period of lamentation observed by the Egyptians accompanying Joseph. The threshing floor of Atad was likely a prominent landmark in the region, suitable for a large gathering. Its location east of the Jordan suggests that it was in the territory later allotted to the tribes of Reuben or Gad.
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 account the Canaanites called it “Abel-mizraim” (Gen. 50:10, 11). It was probably near Hebron. The word is rendered “bramble” in Judg. 9:14, 15, and “thorns” in Ps. 58:9.
(thorn), The threshing-floor of, called also Abel-mizraim, (Genesis 50:10,11) afterwards called Beth-hogla, and known to have lain between the Jordan and Jericho, therefore on the west side of Jordan.
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2 verses in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H0329
When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.
When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.
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