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10 And they came to Goren Atad (which is beyond Jordan); and there they made a great and exceedingly severe lamentation. And he mourned for his father for seven days.

11 And when the Canaanites (the inhabitants of the land) saw the mourning in Goren Atad, they said, “This is a great mourning to the Egyptians.” Therefore, the name thereof was called “Abel Mizraim,” which is beyond Jordan.

12 So, his sons did to him as he had commanded them.

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