Genesis · Bereshit

Genesis 50:11

וַיַּרְא יוֹשֵׁב הָאָרֶץ הַכְּנַעֲנִי
King James Version (KJV)

When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning on the threshing floor of Atad, they said, "This is a grievous mourning by the Egyptians."

Modern English

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.

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