OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 15:18

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In that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I have given this land to your offspring, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:

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Verse 18. Of Egypt, a branch of the Nile, not far from Pelusium. This was to be the southern limit, and the Euphrates the northern; the two other boundaries are given, Numbers 34.—Perhaps Solomon’s empire extended so far. At least, the Jews would have enjoyed these territories, if they had been faithful. Menochius.

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