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10:22 .....The children of
Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and
Lud, and Aram. [Elam or the Elamites
lived east of Mesopotamia, Asshur an
early name for Assyria in northern Mesopotamia, Arphaxad,
perhaps a compound form of the Hebrew
word for Chaldea in southern Mesopotamia. Lud was
probably the Lydians of Asia Minor. Aram
was located Northeast of Canaan, the area
known as Syria today......
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The country between the two rivers (Heb.
Aram-naharaim; i.e., "Syria of the two
rivers"), the name given by the Greeks and
Romans to the region between the Euphrates and
the Tigris. In the Old Testament it is mentioned
also under the name "Padan-aram;" i.e.,
the plain of Aram, or Syria. The northern portion
of this fertile plateau was the original home of
the ancestors of the Hebrews . From this region
Isaac obtained his wife Rebecca , and here also
Jacob sojourned and obtained his wives, and here
most of his sons were born. The petty,
independent tribes of this region, each under its
own prince, were warlike, and used chariots in
battle. They maintained their independence till
after the time of David, when they fell under the
dominion of Assyria, and were absorbed into the
empire.
We
just could know Mesopotamia in Bible before..and
that's why many people were crazy about the
dicovery of Mesopotami We got the proof of Bible
in Mesopotamia. The discorvery of Mesopotamia
gave the proof to some events in the bible. So we
can at least know some part of bible might be the
ture!
You
can know more at Easton's Bible Dictionary.
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