Genesis 50:11
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 50:11 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 50:11 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievo..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 50:11 — KJV
“And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan. Abelmizraim: that is, The mourning of the Egyptians”
— Genesis 50:11 (KJV)
Genesis 50:11 in Context — About the Book of Genesis
Genesis is the book of beginnings — creation, the fall, the flood, and the call of Abraham. It answers the oldest questions: where we came from, why the world is broken, and how God begins His rescue plan through one family. Every major theme in the Bible is planted here as a seed.
Cross-References for Genesis 50:11
“For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?”
Shares key themes with Genesis 50:11: inhabitants, land, canaanites
“Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. of the nations: or, populous”
Shares key themes with Genesis 50:11: land, grievous, beyond
“And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. Gershom: that is, A stranger here”
Shares key themes with Genesis 50:11: land, name, called
“And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 50:11: land, canaanites, egyptians
“These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua. Oshea: also called Joshua Jehoshua: or, Joshua”
Shares key themes with Genesis 50:11: land, name, called
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