Abstract of Biblical Geography: To which is Added, A Compendious View of the Modern Geography of Europe, Asia, and AfricaH. Ivison, 1835 - 211 pages |
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... called the old world , include all that pertains to Biblical Geography ; and as some information concerning its physical condition , and present divisions , is essential , profitably , to commence the study of the geography of the Bible ...
... called the old world , include all that pertains to Biblical Geography ; and as some information concerning its physical condition , and present divisions , is essential , profitably , to commence the study of the geography of the Bible ...
Page ix
... called Melita , " Act , xxvii . 26. xxviii . 1. " I John was in the Isle that is called Patmos , " Rev. i . 9 . 3. It is thought , that it sometimes means , a portion of the earth that is approached by water , whether it be surrounded ...
... called Melita , " Act , xxvii . 26. xxviii . 1. " I John was in the Isle that is called Patmos , " Rev. i . 9 . 3. It is thought , that it sometimes means , a portion of the earth that is approached by water , whether it be surrounded ...
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... called a sea , " I will dry up her sea . . " i . e . Baby . lon's - And again- " The sea is come up upon Baby . lon , " Jer . li . 36 , 42. See also Isa . xxi . 1 . By particu- lar names . By other words and phrases . DESIGNATION OF THE ...
... called a sea , " I will dry up her sea . . " i . e . Baby . lon's - And again- " The sea is come up upon Baby . lon , " Jer . li . 36 , 42. See also Isa . xxi . 1 . By particu- lar names . By other words and phrases . DESIGNATION OF THE ...
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... called by the Greeks Euphrates , in the eastern border of the land of Eden , and not a great distance above the place where the Tigris and Euphra- tes meet . That this opinion is plausible , may appear from the following considerations ...
... called by the Greeks Euphrates , in the eastern border of the land of Eden , and not a great distance above the place where the Tigris and Euphra- tes meet . That this opinion is plausible , may appear from the following considerations ...
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... channels ; one Tigris is considered to be the translation of Hiddekel . Hid- dekel implies velocity- " The Tigris , " says Pliny , " is SO called from its celerity . " taking an easterly , and the other a westerly course 18.
... channels ; one Tigris is considered to be the translation of Hiddekel . Hid- dekel implies velocity- " The Tigris , " says Pliny , " is SO called from its celerity . " taking an easterly , and the other a westerly course 18.
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Africa allotment Amorites ancient cities Antiq Arabia Aram Ararat Armenia Ashkenaz B. I. ch Bashan Beth-Rehob Biblical Geography border Boundaries bounded Cæsarea called Canaan canton Caspian Sea cities belonged coast Damascus Dead Sea descendants Deut district divided Division dwelt east eastern Egypt emigrated Ephraim Ethiopia Euphrates Euxine Sea extended Ezek Galilee Geshur Gilead Gomer Greeks Gulf half tribe Hamath Havilah Ish-Tob island Jabbok Japheth Jerusalem Jordan Josephus Josh Judæa Judah King Kittim land of Cush lay north lay south Lesser Asia Libya Location Maachah Macedonia Madai Manasseh Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea-and mentioned Meshech Mesopotamia miles Mizraim Mount mountains northeast northern Ocean Persian Phrygia places probably Promised Land Psal Red Sea Riphath river Sabtecha Sea-on the south Sea-on the west SECTION settled settlement situated southern southwest southwestern strait supposed Syria Testament Tigris Tiras tribe of Manasseh Tubal viii western xxvii Zobah
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Page 122 - For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs : but the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven...
Page 122 - God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat and barley and vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of oil olive and honey...
Page 18 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden ; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Page 41 - Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured, Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.
Page viii - Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.
Page viii - Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
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Page 70 - And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
Page 67 - Behold, therefore, I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.
Page 131 - He made him ride on the high places of the earth, That he might eat the increase of the fields; And he made him to suck honey out of the rock, And oil out of the flinty rock...