 | James Henry Breasted - 1905 - 828 pages
...since any Egyptians had been seen in Punt that the Egyptians represented the Puntites as crying out, "Why have ye come hither unto this land, which the people [of Egypt] know not? Did ye descend upon the roads of heaven, or did ye sail upon the waters, upon the sea of God's-Land?"e The... | |
 | James Henry Breasted - 1909 - 832 pages
...since any Egyptians had been seen in Punt that the Egyptians represented the Puntites as crying out, "Why have ye come hither unto this land, which the people [of Egypt] know not I Did ye descend upon the roads of heaven, or did ye sail upon the waters, upon the sea of God's-Land?"6... | |
 | Anna Curtis Chandler - 1920 - 200 pages
...upon their knees, and .their chief, bowing low before the Royal Messenger of the Egyptians, cried, '"Why have ye come hither unto this land which the people of Egypt know not?' And how did ye come? 'Did ye come down upon the ways of heaven, or did ye sail upon the waters, upon... | |
 | Mary Evelyn Monckton Jones - 1924 - 300 pages
...Punt built not far from the shore and backed by trees. They greet the Egyptians with questions : " Why have ye come hither unto this land which the people (of Egypt) know not ? Did ye come down upon the ways of heaven, or did ye sail upon the waters, upon the sea of God's Land ? Have ye trodden... | |
 | Margaret Hattersley Bulley - 1926 - 422 pages
...view the strangers. The chief of the district comes forward with his wife and daughter and addresses the Egyptians in the following words : " Why have...unto this land, which the people of Egypt know not ? Do ye come down the ways of heaven, or did ye sail upon the sea and upon the waters of God's land... | |
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It was so long since any Egyptians had been seen in Punt that the Egyptians represented the Puntites as crying out, ' Why have ye come hither unto this land, which the people (of Egypt) know not? 