Place Old Testament
Atad
Also known as Abel-mizraim =ESV, KJV; Abel Mizraim =NIV
Atad was a threshing floor near the Jordan River where the Egyptians mourned Jacob's death. Mentioned in 2 verses across 1 book, first at Genesis 50:10.
Why it matters. Threshing floor where Egyptians mourned Jacob
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- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Atad
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.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Appears in Scripture
Named in 2 verses across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.