Verse 7
7. Mount of the Amorites Denoting all the mountainous region inhabited by the Amorites, extending into the Negeb, or south country. This nation, as the most powerful, often stands for all the people of Canaan.
All the places nigh Literally, all its neighbours. The whole land is more specifically mentioned according to its natural divisions.
The plain… the hills The modern Ghor, or Jordan valley. The mountain or highlands, afterward called the mountains of Judah and Ephraim.
The vale The lowlands, the low, level country lying between the mountains of Judah and the Mediterranean Sea, extending from Carmel to Gaza.
The south The Negeb, or south country.
The sea side The narrow strip of coast from Joppa almost to Tyre, here denominated the land of the Canaanites.
Lebanon The boundary, as laid down in Numbers 34:7-9.
The great river The Euphrates is mentioned as the extreme eastern boundary in the covenant Jehovah made with Abraham when he said, “Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates.” Genesis 15:18.
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