Numbers 34:5New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— ‘The border shall turn [direction] from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and its termination shall be at the sea.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— and the border shall turn about from Azmon unto the brook of Egypt, and the goings out thereof shall be at the sea.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— and the border shall turn about from Azmon unto the brook of Egypt, and the goings out thereof shall be at the sea.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And the border shall form a circuit from Azmon to the river of Egypt, and the limits of it shall be at the sea.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And the border shall turn from Azmon unto the torrent of Egypt, and shall end at the sea.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— then shall the boundary turn round from Azmon towards the ravine of Egypt,—and the extension thereof shall be towards the sea.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— and the border hath turned round from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and its outgoings have been at the sea.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And the limits shall fetch a compass from Asemona to the torrent of Egypt, and shall end in the shore of the great sea.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And the border shall compasse from Azmon vnto the riuer of Egypt, and shall goe out to the Sea.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And the border shall fetch a comcompasse from Azmon vnto the riuer of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And the boundary shall turn from Azmon to the river of Egypt, and the limits thereof shall be at the sea.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And the border shall compass from Asemona to the river of Mizraim{gr.Egypt}, and the sea shall be the termination.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And the border shall fetch a compass from Atzmon unto the river of Mitzrayim, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea. |
And the border
1366 {1366} Primeגְּבוּלg@buwl{gheb-ool'}
From H1379; properly a cord (as twisted), that is, (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed.
shall fetch a compass
5437 {5437} Primeסָבַבcabab{saw-bab'}
A primitive root; to revolve, surround or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively.
z8738 <8738> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 1429
from
`Axmôn
עַצמוֹן
6111 {6111} Primeעַצְמוֹן`Atsmown{ats-mone'}
From H6107; bone like; Atsmon, a place near Palestine.
x4480 (4480) Complementמִןmin{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
unto the river
5158 {5158} Primeנַחַלnachal{nakh'-al}
From H5157 in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine).
of
Mixrayim
מִצרַיִם,
4714 {4714} PrimeמִצְרַיִםMitsrayim{mits-rah'-yim}
Dual of H4693; Mitsrajim, that is, Upper and Lower Egypt.
and the goings out
8444 {8444} Primeתּוֹצָאָהtowtsa'ah{to-tsaw-aw'}
From H3318; (only in plural collective) exit, that is, (geographical) boundary, or (figuratively) deliverance, (actively) source.
of it shall be
x1961 (1961) Complementהָיָהhayah{haw-yaw'}
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary).
at the sea.
3220 {3220} Primeיָםyam{yawm}
From an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article) the Mediterranean; sometimes a large river, or an artificial basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south. |
Numbers 34:5
_ _ river of Egypt — the ancient brook Sihor, the Rhinocolura of the Greeks, a little to the south of El-Arish, where this wady gently descends towards the Mediterranean (Joshua 13:3). |
Numbers 34:5
The river of Egypt — Called Sihor, Joshua 13:3, which divided Egypt from Canaan. The sea — The midland sea, called the sea emphatically, whereas the other seas, as they are called, are indeed but lakes. |
Numbers 34:5
And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the (b) river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
(b) Which was Nilus, or as some think Rhinocotura. |
- the river:
Genesis 15:18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
Joshua 15:4 [From thence] it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast.
Joshua 15:47 Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border [thereof]:
1 Kings 8:65 And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, [even] fourteen days.
Isaiah 27:12 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.
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- the sea:
Numbers 34:6-7 And [as for] the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border. ... And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:
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