Lot looked out and saw that the entire plain of the Jordan as far as Zoar was well watered everywhere like the Lord’s garden and the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Deuteronomy 3:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The Arabah and Jordan are also borders from Chinnereth as far as the Sea of the Arabah, the Dead Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah on the east. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 the plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth-pisgah eastward. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Arabah also, with the Jordan as its boundary, from Chinnereth as far as the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt [Dead] Sea, under the cliffs [of the headlands] of Pisgah on the east. American Standard Version (1901) the Arabah also, and the Jordan and the border thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward. Common English Bible Also the desert plain, with the Jordan River as the boundary, from the Galilee Sea down to the desert sea (the Dead Sea) below the slopes of Mount Pisgah on the east. Catholic Public Domain Version and the plain of the wilderness, as well as the Jordan, and the borders of Chinnereth, all the way to the sea of the desert, which is very salty, to the base of Mount Pisgah toward the east. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the plain of the wilderness; and the Jordan; and the borders of Cenereth unto the sea of the desert, which is the most salt sea, to the foot of mount Phasga eastward. |
Lot looked out and saw that the entire plain of the Jordan as far as Zoar was well watered everywhere like the Lord’s garden and the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
All of these came as allies to the Siddim Valley (that is, the Dead Sea ).
He restored Israel’s border from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word the Lord, the God of Israel, had spoken through his servant, the prophet Jonah son of Amittai from Gath-hepher.
He said to me, ‘This water flows out to the eastern region and goes down to the Arabah. When it enters the sea, the sea of foul water, , the water of the sea becomes fresh.
So Balak took him to Lookout Field on top of Pisgah, built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
As the crowd was pressing in on Jesus to hear God’s word, he was standing by Lake Gennesaret. ,
and all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan as far as the Dead Sea below the slopes of Pisgah.
the Arabah east of the Sea of Chinnereth to the Sea of Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea), eastwards along the Beth-jeshimoth road and southwards below the slopes of Pisgah.
in the valley: Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon #– #the rest of the kingdom of King Sihon of Heshbon. Their land also included the Jordan and its territory as far as the edge of the Sea of Chinnereth on the east side of the Jordan.
Their southern border began at the tip of the Dead Sea on the south bay
Now the eastern border was along the Dead Sea to the mouth of the Jordan. The border on the north side was from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan.
The border continued to the north slope of Beth-hoglah and ended at the northern bay of the Dead Sea, at the southern end of the Jordan. This was the southern border.
and the water flowing downstream stood still, rising up in a heap that extended as far as Adam, a city next to Zarethan. The water flowing downstream into the Sea of the Arabah #– #the Dead Sea #– #was completely cut off, and the people crossed opposite Jericho.