Outline Studies in the Old Testament for Bible Teachers

by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut

12.) The Wilderness, a desert south of Pal´es-tine, between the two arms of the Red Sea (Exod. 13. 18; Deut. 1. 19).

13.) E´gypt, on the northeast corner of Af´ri-ca (Gen. 12. 10; 37. 28).

VII. In these lands out of many Places we name and locate only the most important.

1. E´den, the original home of the human race, probably at the junction of the Ti´gris and Eu-phra´tes (Gen. 2. 8).

2. Shu´shan, or Su´sa, the capital of the Per´sian empire, in the province of E´lam (Esth. 1. 2).

3. Bab´y-lon, the capital of Chal-de´a, on the Eu-phra´tes (Gen. 10. 10; 2 Kings 25. 1).

4. Nin´e-veh, the capital of As-syr´i-a, on the Ti´gris (Gen. 10. 11; Jonah 3. 3).

5. Ha´ran, a home of A´bra-ham, in Mes-o-po-ta´mi-a (Gen. 11. 31).

6. Da-mas´cus, the capital of Syr´i-a, in the southern part of that province (Gen. 15. 2).

7. Tyre, the commercial metropolis of Phœ-ni´cia (Ezek. 27. 3).