The Boundaries of Canaan
Numbers 34:5
In 11 translations
- BSB
- where it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea.That is, the Mediterranean Sea, also called the Great Sea; also in verses 6 and 7
- KJV
- And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
- WEB
- The border shall turn about from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and it shall end at the sea.
- ASV
- and the border shall turn about from Azmon unto the brook of Egypt, and the goings out thereof shall be at the sea.
- LSV
- and the border has turned around from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and its outgoings have been at the sea.
- YLT
- and the border hath turned round from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and its outgoings have been at the sea.
- DBY
- And the border shall turn from Azmon unto the torrent of Egypt, and shall end at the sea.
- DRC
- And the limits shall fetch a compass from Asemona to the torrent of Egypt, and shall end in the shore of the great sea.
- GNV
- And the border shall compasse from Azmon vnto the riuer of Egypt, and shall goe out to the Sea.
- JPS
- and the border shall turn about from Azmon unto the Brook of Egypt, and the goings out thereof shall be at the Sea.
- LXXE
- And the border shall compass from Asemona to the river of Egypt, and the sea shall be the termination.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- וְנָסַ֧ב הַגְּב֛וּל מֵעַצְמ֖וֹן נַ֣חְלָה מִצְרָ֑יִם וְהָי֥וּ תוֹצְאֹתָ֖יו הַיָּֽמָּה׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ κυκλώσει τὰ ὅρια ἀπὸ Ἀσεμωνᾶ χειμάῤῥουν Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ἔσται ἡ διέξοδος ἡ θάλασσα.
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
AzmonRiver of EgyptStream of EgyptOutgoingBrookBrook of Egypt, TheCompass; CompassesFetchMediterranean SeaGoing; Goings
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Cross-references most cited first
- Joshua 15:4It proceeded to Azmon, joined the Brook of Egypt, and ended at the Sea. This was their southern border.
- Genesis 15:18On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
- 1 Kings 8:65So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.
- Joshua 15:47Ashdod, with its towns and villages; Gaza, with its towns and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and the coastline of the Great Sea.
- Isaiah 27:12In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.
- Numbers 34:6–7Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west. Your northern border will run from the Great Sea directly to Mount Hor,
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