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The Cave of Treasures 47

1 min 2 verses Translated from the Syriac by E. A. Wallis Budge, 1927, public domain. Chapters follow Budge's section headings; verse numbers are this archive's own divisions, and his notes are omitted.

The Founding of Jericho

Jericho was built by seven kings in the sixty-seventh year of the life of Isaac.

A1🔗nd in the sixty-seventh year of [the life of] Isaac, Jericho was built by seven kings, namely, the king of the Hittites, and the king of the Amorites, and the king of the Girgantes, and the king of the Jebusites, and the king of the Canaanites, and the king of the Hivites, and the king of the Perizites; and each of them surrounded it with a wall.

2🔗 Now the son of Mesrin (Mizraim), the king of the Egyptians, had founded Jericho in olden time. And Ishmael made a mill of the hands (:.e. a handmill) in the desert, a mill of slavery (i.e. a mill to be worked by slaves).

Did You Know?

1

Jericho was built by seven kings in the sixty-seventh year of the life of Isaac.

2

Those seven kings were of the Hittites, Amorites, Girgantes, Jebusites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Perizites.

3

Each of the seven kings who built Jericho surrounded the city with a wall.

4

The son of Mesrin, the king of the Egyptians, had founded Jericho in olden time.

5

Ishmael made a handmill in the desert, a mill of slavery worked by slaves.

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