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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 50:11

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 Abelmizraim, which [is] beyond Jordan.

Ver. 11. Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.] A gracious providence of God, as Piscator well observeth, that for the confirmation of the Israelites' faith, when they were to pass over Jordan, and afterwards, there should be a standing monument there of the transportation of Jacob's body out of Egypt into Canaan, for burial's sake. Thus, "all things work together for good to God's beloved." Rom 8:28

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See also Genesis 50:11 in other biblical comments:

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    50:11 Abel-Mizraim, (a-35) Lamentation of the Egyptians....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ‘Abel-mizraim’ means ‘Egypt weeps’....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    ABEL-MIZRAIM. — There is here an example of that play upon words that is always dear to Orientals. The word for “mourning” is _êbel,_ while _abel_ means a meadow, and is often found prefixed to the na...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יַּ֡רְא יֹושֵׁב֩ הָ אָ֨רֶץ הַֽ כְּנַעֲנִ֜י

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Abel-mizraim, that is, the mourning of the Egyptians....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 50:11 inhabitants H3427 (H8802) land H776 Canaanites H3669 saw H7200 (H8799) mourning H60 floor H1637 Atad...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE BURIAL OF JACOB IN CANAAN (50:1-13). Genesis 50:1 ‘And Joseph fell on his father's face, and wept on him, and kissed him. And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father,...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 50:10 Coming to the THRESHING FLOOR OF ATAD, the funeral procession halts to mourn for SEVEN DAYS. The expression BEYOND THE JORDAN could place Atad in ei

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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