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Abel-mizraim

Abel-mizraim - meadow of Egypt, or mourning of Egypt, a place "beyond," i.e.,\non the west of Jordan, at the "threshing-floor of Atad." Here\nthe Egyptians mourned seventy days for Jacob (Gen. 50:4-11). Its\nsite is unknown. From Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)