Joshua 15:4 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 15:4

It proceeded to Azmon, joined the Brook of Egypt, and ended at the Sea. This was their southern border.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and it passed along to Azmon, and went out at the brook of Egypt; and the goings out of the border were at the sea: this shall be your south border.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Toward Azmon - This was the last city they possessed toward Egypt. The river of Egypt - The most eastern branch of the river Nile. See on Jos 13:3 (note). But there is much reason to doubt whether any branch of the Nile be meant, and whether the promised land extended to that river. On this subject it is impossible to decide either way.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעָבַ֣ר	ve.'a.Var	and it passes on	H5674 →
עַצְמ֗וֹנָה	atz.Mo.nah	Azmon towards	H6111 →
וְיָצָא֙	ve.ya.Tza'	and it goes out	H3318 →
נַ֣חַל	Na.chal	[the] wadi of	H5158 →
מִצְרַ֔יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →
וְהָי֛וּ	ve.ha.yah	and they are	H1961 →
תֹּצְא֥וֹת	to.tze.'ot	[the] extremities of	H8444 →
הַגְּב֖וּל	ha.ge.Vul	the territory	H1366 →
יָ֑מָּה	Ya.mah	west -ward	H3220 →
זֶה־	zeh-	this	H2088 →
יִהְיֶ֥ה	yih.Yeh	it will be	H1961 →
לָכֶ֖ם	la.Khem	of you
גְּב֥וּל	ge.Vul	border of	H1366 →
נֶֽגֶב׃	Ne.gev	[the] south	H5045 →

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The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 15:18
On 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—
leads to
- Deuteronomy 11:24
  Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Joshua 1:3–4
  I have given you every place where the sole of your foot will tread, just as I promised to Moses.
- Genesis 12:7
  Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
- Genesis 24:7
  The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this…
- Genesis 13:15
  for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
Through
Exodus 23:31
And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you…
leads to
- Genesis 15:18
  On 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—
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Joshua 21:44
  And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their…
- Joshua 1:4
  Your territory shall extend from the wilderness and Lebanon to the great River Euphrates—all the land of the Hittites—and west as far as the Great Sea.