50:11 When the Canaanites who lived in the land saw them mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a very sad occasion 1 for the Egyptians.” That is why its name was called 2 Abel Mizraim, 3 which is beyond the Jordan.
1 tnHeb “this is heavy mourning for Egypt.”
2 tn The verb has no expressed subject and so it may be translated as passive.
3 sn The name Abel Mizraim means “the mourning of Egypt.”