...the kingdom of Israel in its utmost extent; for thus the land was promised to Abraham, Gen. xv. 18. Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river...of Egypt, unto the great river, the river Euphrates : and the extent of Solomon's kingdom is thus described, 1 Kings iv. 21. And Solomon reigned over all...

...shall call his name Isaac, and she shall be a mother of nations, and kings of people shall be of her. Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river Euphrates ; they shall be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them, and they shall...

...which divided the ancient Canaan from Egypt. God said to Abraham, Gen. 15: 18. " Unto thy seed have! given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates." In Josh. 15:4, it is said, that the border of Judah " went out unto the river of Egypt." The question...

...will bless all the families of the earth in-thv ,<eed. Fourth, Unto thy seed have I given this laud from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates. Fifth, I will make thee the father .of many nations. Sixth, I will be a God unto thee and thy seeu...

...will I give it, and to thy seed for ever." The Lord, by a second oath, afterwards promised him all " from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates. "f The critics ask, how could God promise the Jews this immense country which they have never possessed...

...and x, 17- Matth. xv, 5. accomplishment of his promise to the patriarch and his posterity: " In the same day, the Lord made a covenant with Abraham, saying,...Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates." The same awful ceremonies were oh-, served by the people of Israel at the renovation of this covenant...

...ziii. 14, 15. In that same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed Ьате I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates, xv. 18. And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger,...

...was an exact fulfilment of the covenant the Lord made with Abraham ; " Unto thy seed have I given the land from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates." Gen. xv. 18. '; In ancient Jewish history it was peculiarly the office of the king to subdue the neighbouring...

...In that same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this laud, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates : the Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the...

...leopard change his spots, or the JSthiop his skin ?" the evening, he says, — " In the same day God made a covenant with Abraham, saying, — Unto thy...Egypt unto the Great River, the river Euphrates."* It deserves this distinctive appellation, in contrast with rivers generally, though not with the Nile;...