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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Exodus 14:16
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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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lift: Exo 14:21, Exo 14:26, Exo 4:2, Exo 4:17, Exo 4:20, Exo 7:9, Exo 7:19 the sea: This sea was what is called in Scripture yam suph, "the sea of weeds;" so called, according to Mr. Bruce, from the vast quantity of coral which grows in it. In the LXX it is called θαλασσα ερυθρα, and by the Latins Rubrum mare, and we from them the Red Sea; so called it is supposed, from Edom (red) or Esau, whose territories extend to its coasts. It separates Arabia from Egypt and Ethiopia, and is computed to be 150 leagues in length from Suez to the straits of Babelmandel. The upper part is divided into two gulfs, that to the East called the Elanitic, from the city Elana at the northern extremity, and that to the west, the Heroopolitic, from the city of Heroopolis. The former is called by the Arabians Bahr el Akaba, the sea of Akaba; and the latter Bahr el Kolzum, the sea of destruction, or Clysm; which was that which the Israelites passed. and the: Exo 14:21, Exo 14:22 Exodus 14:17
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