A threshing floor near the Jordan River where Jacob's descendants mourned their father's death.
About Atad
The site where Jacob’s sons stopped during his funeral on the way to Hebron. It was probably in Canaan. There, at the threshing floor (where wheat was separated from chaff), Joseph's family and many Egyptians from the pharaoh’s house spent seven days mourning the death of Jacob (Genesis 50:10–11). The Canaanites were impressed by their mourning and named the place “Abel-mizraim.” The name is a play on words, combining “meadow” and “mourning,” while the second is the Hebrew word for Egypt.
Key References
When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.
All Scripture References (2)
Genesis (2)
When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.
When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.