Seir. A section of country southeast of Palestine. It is high and rocky, sometimes called Mt. Seir.
Succoth, "booths." Its site is not known.
Allon-bacuth, "the oak of weeping"
JOSEPH.
Dothan. About ten miles north of Samaria. A story about Elisha is also located at Dothan. [Tales of Old Judea, 148.]
Caravan. A train of camels or horses. In the East people traveled together in caravans for protection against robbers.
Egypt. A land where civilization is very ancient. All through the Old Testament times it was a powerful kingdom. Its king was called, in the early stories of the Bible, the Pharaoh.
Divining cup. The custom of divining, that is, discovering hidden secrets by magic, was widespread in the ancient world. Sometimes cups of sacred water were used, and a special cup might be thought to have special value for divination.
Goshen. A section in the northeast of Egypt, next to the Isthmus of Suez.