An Historical Geography of the Old and New Testament: In Two VolumesClarendon Press, 1819 - 378 pages |
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... tion of the earth , so its situation is more fully and particularly set Eden de- down by Moses , in these words ; ( Gen. ii . 8. and 10. to scribed by 14. inclusively . ) And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden . — And a ...
... tion of the earth , so its situation is more fully and particularly set Eden de- down by Moses , in these words ; ( Gen. ii . 8. and 10. to scribed by 14. inclusively . ) And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden . — And a ...
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... tion of the earthly Paradise , are not to be found in any of the said earthly places . We are therefore to proceed , and enquire where the said marks are to be found ; and in order thereto it must be considered , what are the marks ...
... tion of the earthly Paradise , are not to be found in any of the said earthly places . We are therefore to proceed , and enquire where the said marks are to be found ; and in order thereto it must be considered , what are the marks ...
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... , as shall be shewn as we go along . the nearest where Mo- ses wrote . Again , the etymology or derivation of the word Pison 17 . etymology tion of the helps also to distinguish 12 The Geography of the Old Testament .
... , as shall be shewn as we go along . the nearest where Mo- ses wrote . Again , the etymology or derivation of the word Pison 17 . etymology tion of the helps also to distinguish 12 The Geography of the Old Testament .
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In Two Volumes Edward Wells. 17 . etymology tion of the helps also to distinguish the river so called . For most of CHAP . I. the Hebrew grammarians agree , that it is derived , either from the verb pusch , which signifies , to run out ...
In Two Volumes Edward Wells. 17 . etymology tion of the helps also to distinguish the river so called . For most of CHAP . I. the Hebrew grammarians agree , that it is derived , either from the verb pusch , which signifies , to run out ...
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... tion on it ; and that for these two reasons , partly because river , the the three other being discovered and known , this last could Euphrates . not but be easily known also ; partly because its largeness and neighbourhood rendered it ...
... tion on it ; and that for these two reasons , partly because river , the the three other being discovered and known , this last could Euphrates . not but be easily known also ; partly because its largeness and neighbourhood rendered it ...
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Abraham adjoining Amorites ancient Arabia Arnon Bochart border Bruyn called Canaan CHAP Cush denoted descendants Deut Dodanim dwelt east Edom Egypt encamped Euphrates Eusebius Exod expressly families feet forecited Gomer Greeks half tribe Havilah Hebrew Hebrew word Hebron hence hundred inhabitants Israel Israelites Jacob Japhet Josh Joshua Kadesh king land of Canaan Lesser Asia Lord lying Mizraim Moab mount mount Seir mountains nations Nile Noah observed opinion Pison plain plainly plantations probably Ptolemy reason Red sea rendered river Jordan sacred history says Scripture seated SECT seems Seir Seventy Interpreters Shem shewn Shinar side Sihon situation Sodom sons speak supposed taken notice Tarshish tells Testament thereof Thevenot Tigris tion tract tribe of Gad tribe of Judah tribe of Manasseh understood unto whence wherein wilderness wilderness of Zin writers xxxiii Zoan
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Page 2 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
Page 189 - And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night because the sun was set ; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Page 165 - Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours : from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.
Page 165 - AND the Lord spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the Lord.
Page 123 - Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
Page 36 - Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of; the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
Page 149 - LORD hath laid upon it ; and that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath...
Page 252 - And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand and on their left.
Page 184 - And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar : and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
Page 375 - And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers ; and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.