Genesis 50:11 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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 Abel–mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.”
Genesis 50:11 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 50:11 in 6 Bible Translations
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Genesis 50:11 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, “This is a grievous mourning by the Egyptians.” Therefore its name was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.”
Genesis 50:11 — World English Bible
Genesis 50:11 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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 Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan. ”
Genesis 50:11 — American Standard Version
Genesis 50:11 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and the inhabitant of the land, the Canaanite, see the mourning in the threshing-floor of Atad, and say, `A grievous mourning <FI>is<Fi> this to the Egyptians;' therefore hath <FI>one<Fi> called its name `The mourning of the Egyptians,' which <FI>is<Fi> beyond the Jordan.”
Genesis 50:11 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 50:11 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing-floor of Atad, and they said, This is a grievous mourning of the Egyptians. Therefore the name of it was called Abel-Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan. ”
Genesis 50:11 — Darby Translation
Genesis 50:11 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And when the Canaanites the inhabitants of the lande sawe the mourning in Goren Atad, they sayde, This is a great mourning vnto the Egyptians: wherefore the name thereof was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond Iorden.”
Genesis 50:11 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 50:11 in Context — Genesis 50
9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.
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 made a mourning for his father seven days.
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 Abel–mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
13 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
What Does Genesis 50:11 Mean?
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