Topic
Sinim, The land of
2 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 10:17Easton
And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
- Isaiah 49:12Easton
Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references
(Isa. 49:12), supposed by some to mean China, but more probably Phoenicia (Gen. 10:17) is intended.
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.