5.) E´lam, on the south (Gen. 10. 22; 14. 1).
(b) Between the rivers Ti´gris and Eu-phra´tes:
6.) Mes-o-po-ta´mi-a, on the north (Gen. 24. 10; Deut. 23. 4).
7.) Chal-de´a, on the south (Jer. 51. 24; Ezra 5. 12).
(c) Between the river Eu-phra´tes and the Leb´a-non range:
8.) The great desert of A-ra´bi-a (2 Chron. 17. 11; 26. 7).
3. On the western slope we find:
9.) Syr´i-a, extending from the Eu-phra´tes to Pal´es-tine (2 Sam. 8. 6; 1 Kings 22. 1).
10.) Phœ-ni´cia, a narrow strip between Mount Leb´a-non and the sea, north of Pal´es-tine.
11.) Pal´es-tine, "the Holy Land," south of Syr´i-a and north of the Si-na-it´ic wilderness. Note its ancient name in Gen. 12. 5.