- verses
- 2
- first named
- Genesis 50:10
- feature
- settlement
- coordinates
- 31.91°N · 35.53°E
- identified with
- near the mouth of the Jordan River (OpenBible)
near the mouth of the Jordan River (OpenBible)
Scholarship offers 2 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.
Description
Atad in the text
Atad, also known as Abel-mizraim, was a threshing floor located east of the Jordan River. It was named in the Bible as the place where the funeral procession of Israel (or 'Jacob'), led by his son Joseph, stopped to mourn on their way from Egypt to Hebron (Genesis 50:10-11). The name Abel-mizraim means "mourning of the Egyptians," referring to the seven-day period of lamentation observed by the Egyptians accompanying Joseph. The threshing floor of Atad was likely a prominent landmark in the region, suitable for a large gathering. Its location east of the Jordan suggests that it was in the territory later allotted to the tribes of Reuben or Gad.
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Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 2, across 1 book. The name is written 3 times in them.
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