This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ...its caves that sheltered Elijah when he fled from Jezebel's persecution; the pastoral solitudes where Moses tended the flocks of Jethro, the priest of Midian; Shur and Paran, with the bitter wells of Marah, and the smitten rock that was said to have yielded water; the land of Uz, the scene of the wealth and woes of Job ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ...its caves that sheltered Elijah when he fled from Jezebel's persecution; the pastoral solitudes where Moses tended the flocks of Jethro, the priest of Midian; Shur and Paran, with the bitter wells of Marah, and the smitten rock that was said to have yielded water; the land of Uz, the scene of the wealth and woes of Job--these are all included within the domain of Edom. The general physical features of this land are rocks, deserts and mountains, but many fertile oases are scattered amidst this barren region. The name of Arabia Petraa, or Arabia the Stony, has been assigned to a part of the country, because of its stony character. The peninsula of Sinai is of particular interest, as it has been more minutely explored and more elaborately described than any other portion of Idumsea. Its general aspect is peculiarly wild. A recent traveler has described it as a "sea of desolation." He remarks that it appears as if Arabia Petraea had once been an ocean of lava, and that while its waves were reaching to the heights of mountains, it was ordered to suddenly stand still. This entire wilderness is a series of naked rocks and craggy precipices, interspersed with narrow defiles and sandy vales which are seldom refreshed with rain oradorned with vegetation. The mountain ridges, designated as Seir and Nor in the Hebrew Scriptures, extend from the Sinaitic peninsula to the Dead Sea. A long valley extends along the western side, and that valley is to this day the route of caravans, as it was the path of the Israelites in their forty years' "Wanderings in the Wilderness. ' The mountain-group of Sinai is located near the center of the peninsula. The upper region of this group forms a circle thirty or forty miles in diameter. The summit of Sinai is one of the m...
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