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11 When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, "This is a grievous mourning by the Egyptians." Therefore, its name was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
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6529. 'Only their young children' means innocence. This is clear from the meaning of 'young children' as innocence, dealt with in 430, 3183, 5608.
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