...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...

...ascertain the limit, which divided the ancient Canaan from Egypt. God said to Abraham, Gen. 15:18, "Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river...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...

...promise to the patriarch and his posterity: " In the same day, the Lord made a covenant with Abraham, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from...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 ;...

...fourth generation they shall come hither again : for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full."—" 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,...

...k gave him the covenant of circumcision : and so \dbraham begat Isaac, and circumno seed.—In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying,...of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates, do. xvii. 8: And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger,...

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

...darkness of the evening, he says,—" In the same day God made a covenant with Abraham, saying,—Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the Great River, the river Euphrates."f It deserves this distinctive appellation, in contrast with rivers generally, though not...

...was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces. 18 In the Egypl unto the great river, Ihe river Euphrales : 19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonitesi,...

...promised to it on its final return, we observe, that one of the promises made to Abraham runs thus : . Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river...of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates' (Genesis xv. 18.); a prophecy which certainly has never yet received its accomplishment. If the first...

...it now stands, is founded. Gen. xv. 18 to 21, relates, " In that same day the Lord made a co" venant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this...river, the river Euphrates : " the Kenites, and the Kennezzites, and the Kadmonites, and the Hit" tites, and the Perrizzites, and the Rephaims, and the...