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11 When the Canaanites living there saw the funeral ceremonies at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “These funeral ceremonies are taken very seriously by the Egyptians.” That’s why that place on the east side of the Jordan was named Abel Mizraim [Egyptian Funeral Ceremonies].

12 Jacob’s sons did for him what he had told them to do. 13 They carried him back to Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah, east of Mamre. Abraham had bought this tomb from Ephron the Hittite.

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11 When the Canaanites(A) who lived there saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “The Egyptians are holding a solemn ceremony of mourning.”(B) That is why that place near the Jordan is called Abel Mizraim.[a]

12 So Jacob’s sons did as he had commanded them:(C) 13 They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah,(D) near Mamre,(E) which Abraham had bought along with the field(F) as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 50:11 Abel Mizraim means mourning of the Egyptians.