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Abel-Mizraim

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature

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A´bel-Mizra´im (The mourning of the Egyptians), the name of a threshing-floor, so called on account of the 'great mourning' made there for Jacob by the funeral party from Egypt (Genesis 50:11). Jerome places it between Jericho and the Jordan, where Bethagla afterwards stood.

 

 

 

 

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Kitto, John, ed. Entry for 'Abel-Mizraim'. "Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature". https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​kbe/​a/abel-mizraim.html.
 
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