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the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river of Euphrates.

OF ETHIOPIA.

Isa. xviii, 1, 2. Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia: That sendeta ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the

rivers have spoiled!

OF JOTBATH.

Deut. x, 7. From thence they Journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters.

OF JUDAH.

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the king's household, and to do
And
what he thought good.
Shimel the son of Gera fell down
before the king, as he was come
over Jordan.

1 Kings ix, 26, 27. And king
Solomon made a navy of ships in
beside
Ezion-geber, which is
Eloth, on the shore of the Red
And
sea, in the land of Edom.
Hiram sent in the navy his ser-
vants, shipmen that had know-
ledge of the sea, with the servants
of Solomon.

1 Kings x, 11, 22. And the navy
also of Hiram, that brought gold
from Ophir, brought in from Ophir
great plenty of almug trees, and
precious stones. For the king
had at sea a navy of Tharshish
with the navy of Hiram: once in
three years came the navy of
Tharshish, bringing gold, and
silver, ivory, and apes, and pea-

cocks.

2 Chron. viii, 17. Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, at the sea-side in the land of Edom.

2 Chron. ix, 21. For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, and peacocks. ivory, and apes,

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2 Chron. xx, 35-37. And after this did Jehoshaphat king Judah join himself with Ahaziah re-king of Israel, who did very wickAnd he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-gaber. Then Eliezer, the son of Dodavah of Mareshah, prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

Rev. xxii, 1, 2. And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

SHIPS AND BOATS, ETC.

Prov. xxxi, 14. She is like the merchants' ships, she bringeth her food from afar.

Ezek. xxvil, 4-6, 9, 25. Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy

Ezek. xxx, 9. In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.

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Daniel xi, 30, 40. For the ships of Chittim shall come against And at the time him. of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

John vi, 22, 23. The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea, saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone; (Howbelt there came other boats from Tiberias, nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)

VOYAGING.

Isa. xxxiii, 23. Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast; they could not spread the sail; then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.

Ezek. xxvii, 8, 26-29. The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men,

Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots. Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters; the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas. Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and

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Gen vi, 14, 15. Make thee an ark beauty. They have made all thy all the pilots of the sea, shall come

of gopher-wood: rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. And this is the fashion which thou Shalt make it of; The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty

ship-boards of fir-trees of Senir; they have taken cedars from Lethe oaks of Bashan have they banon to make masts for thee. Of made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim. The ancients of Gebal,and the wise men thereof, were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy tuy merchandise. The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenishSam. xix, 18. And there wented, and made very glorious in the Over a ferry-boat to carry over midst of the seas.

cubits.

Num. xxiv, 24. And ships shali come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall atlict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.

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down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land.

Jonah i, 3, 13. But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.

Mark vi, 47, 48. And when even

was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land. And he saw them toilIng in rowing: (for the wind was contrary unto them:) and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.

Mark viii, 14. Now the disciples bad forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.

John vi, 16, 17. And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea, And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum: and it was now dark, and Jesus was not

come to them.

Acts xvi, 11. Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with straight course to Samothracia, a and the next day to Neapolis.

Acts xx, 4, 5, 13-15. And there accompanied him into Asia, Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. These, going before, tarried for us at Troas. And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot. And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene. And we saile 1 thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Sanos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to

ships, which, though they be so James ill, 4. Behold also the great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governer listeth.

upon you.

STORMS.

days, and scarce were come over thence we fetched a compass, against Cnidus, the wind not and came to Rhegium: and after suffering us, Crete, over we sailed under one day the south wind blew, And, hardly passing it, came unto Puteoli. against Salmone; and we came the next day to Havens, nigh whereunto was the a place which is called The Fair city of Lasea. Now, when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them, And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this much damage, not only of the the sea, and there was a mighty Voyage will be with hurt and LORD sent out a great wind into Jonah 1, 4-6, 11, 12. But the lading and ship, but also of our tempest in the sea, so that the lives." certain island which is called the mariners were afraid, and And running under a ship was like to be broken. Then Clauda, to come by the boat: we had much work cried every man unto his god, and used helps, undergirding the ship; it of them: but Jonah was gone when they had taken up, they in the ship into the sea, to lighten Which cast forth the wares that were into the quicksands, strake sail, and he lay, and was fast asleep. and, fearing lest they should fall down into the sides of the ship; and so were driven. being exceedingly tossed with a and said unto him, What meanest And we So the shipmaster came to him, tempest, the next day they light- thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon ened the ship; And the third thy God, if so be that God will day we cast out with our own think upon us, that we perish not. hauds the tackling of the ship. Then said they unto him, What But when the fourteenth night shall we do unto thee, that the was come, as we were driven up sea may be calm unto us? (for the and down in Adria, about mid-sea wrought, and was tempestnight the shipmen deemed that uous.) And he said unto them, they drew near to some country: Take me up, and cast me forth And sounded, and found it twenty into the sea; so shall the sea be fathoms: and when they had gone calm unto you: for I know that a little further, they sounded for my sake this great tempest is again, and found it fifteen fathoms. Then fearing lest they should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under Acts xxi, 1--3. And it came to cast anchors out of the foreship, colour as though they would have pass, that, after we were gotten Paul said to the centurion and to from them, and had launched, we the soldiers, Except these abide came with a straight course unto in the ship, ye cannot be saved. Coos, and the day following unto Then the soldiers cut off the ropes Rhodes, and from thence unto of the boat, and let her fall off. Patara: And finding a ship sail- And we were in all in the ship ing over unto Phenicia, we went two hundred threescore and sixaboard, and set forth. Now when teen souls. And when they had we had discovered Cyprus, we eaten enough, they lightened the left it on the left hand, and sailed ship, and cast out the wheat into into Syria, and landed at Tyre: the sea. for there the ship was to unlade they knew not the land: but they And when it was day, her burden. Acts xxvii, 8-10, 16-19, 27-shore, into the which they were discovered a certain creek with a B2. 37-40. And the next day we minded, if it were possible, to touched at Sidon. And Julius thrust in the ship. Courteously entreated Paul, and they had taken up the anchors, And when gave him liberty to go unto his they committed themselves unto friends to refresh himself. And the sea, and loosed the rudderwhen we had launched from bands, and hoised up the mainthence, we sailed under Cyprus, sail to the wind, and made toward because the winds were contrary. shore. And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we three months we departed in a Acts xxviii, 11-13. And after came to Myra, a city of Lycia. ship of Alexandria, which had And there the centurion found a wintered in the isle, whose sign ship of Alexandria sailing into was Castor and Pollux. Italy; and he put us therein. And landing at Syracuse, we tarried Aud when we had sailed slowly many there three days. And from

Miletus.

Matth. vill, 23-26. And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but came to him, and awoke him, sayhe was asleep. And his disciples ing, Lord, save And he saith unto them. Why are us: we perish. ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was great calm.

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now in the midst of the sea, tossMatth. xiv, 24. But the ship was ed with waves: for the wind was contrary.

Mark iv, 87. And there arose it was now full. a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that

to pass on a certain day, that he
Luke viii, 22, 23. Now it came
ciples; and he said unto them, Let
went into a ship with his dis-
us go over unto the other side of
the lake. And they launched
forth. But as they sailed, he fell
asleep: and there came down a
they were filled with water, and
storm of wind on the lake; and
were in jeopardy.

by reason of a great wind that
John vi, 18. And the sea arose,
blew.

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2 Chron. xx, 87. Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah Baying, Because thou hast joined prophesied against Jehoshaphat, thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

Isa. xxxiii, 21. But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.

Ezek. xxvi, 16, 17. Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee. And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of sea-faring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it.

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into the sea, and get to land: And
the rest, some on boards, and
some on broken pieces of the ship.
And so it came to pass, that they
escaped all safe to land.

Acts xxviii, 1. And when they
were escaped, then they knew
that the island was called Melita.
Rev. xviii, 17-19. For in one
hour so great riches is come to
nought. And every shipmaster,
and all the company in ships, and
sailors, and as many as trade by
sea, stood afar off, And cried,
when they saw the smoke of her
burning, saying, What city is like
cast dust on their heads, and
unto this great city! And they
cried, weeping and wailing, say
ing, Alas, alas, that great city,
wherein were made rich all that
had ships in the sea by reason of
her costliness! for in one hour is
she made desolate.

DELIVERANCE.

Ps. cvii, 23--30. They that go
down to the sea in ships, that do
business in great waters; These
see the works of the LORD, and his
wonders in the deep. For he
commandeth, and raiseth the
waves thereof. They mount up
stormy wind, which lifteth up the
to the heaven, they go down again
to the depths; their soul is melted
because of trouble. They reel to
and fro, and stagger like a drunk-
en man, and are at their wit's end.
Then they cry unto the LORD in
their trouble, and he bringeth
them out of their distresses. He
maketh the storm a calm, so that
the waves thereof are still. Then

are they glad because they be
quiet; so he bringeth them unto
their desired haven.

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Acts xxvii, 21--26. But after
long abstinence Paul stood forth
in the midst of them, and said,
Sirs, ye should have hearkened
unto me, and not have loosed
from Crete, and to have gained

this harm and loss. And now I
exhort you to be of good cheer:
for there shall be no loss of any
man's life among you, but of the
ship. For there stood by me this
night the angel of God, whose I
am, and whom I serve, Saying,
Fear not, Paul; thou must be
God hath given thee all them that
brought before Cesar: and, lo,
soil with thee. Wherefore, sirs, be
of good cheer: for I believe God,
that it shall be even as it was told

me. Howbeit we must be cast
upon a certain island.

Acts xxvii, 41-44. And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground: and the fore-part stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder-part was broken with the violence of the waves. And the soldiers counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape. But the centurion, Deut. vlil, 7. For the LORD thy willing to save Paul, kept them God bringeth thee into a good from their purpose; and com- land; a land of brooks of water, manded that they which could of fountains, and depths that swim should cast themselves first | spring out of valleys and hills.

BROOKS

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2 Sam. xv, 23. And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the

way of the wilderness.

1 Kings XV, 13. And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron

spoken these words, he went John xviii, 1. When Jesus had forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a gar den, into the which he entered,

and his disciples.

KISHON.

Judges v, 21. The river of Kishor swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.

1 Kings xviii, 40. And Elijah | come from another place be for- make the wilderness a pool of said unto them, Take the prophets saken? of Baal; let not one of them

escape. And they took them: FOUNTAINS MENTIONED IN
and Elijah brought them down to
the brook Kishon, and slew them
there.

Zered.

Deut. 11, 13. Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered.

OF THE WILLOWS. Isa. xv, 7. Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.

FOUNTAINS.

Deut viii, 7. For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land; a laud of brooks of water, of fountains, and depths that spring out of valleys and hills.

Judges i, 14, 15. And it came to pass, when she came to him. that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou? And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a South land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.

2 Chron. xxxii, 4, 30, 31. So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water? This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper water-course of Ginoa, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works. Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

Ps. civ, 10, 11. He sendeth the springs into the valleys which run anong the hills. They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.

Cant. iv, 15. A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

Isa. xxxv, 6. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

Jer. xvill, 14. Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that

SCRIPTURE.
SHUR.

water, and the dry land springs of

water.

Isa. xlill, 19, 20. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will ness, and rivers in the desert. even make a way in the wilderThe beast of the field shall honour

Gen. xvl, 7. And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by theme, the dragons and the owls: befountain in the way to Shur..

NEAR THE WAters of NephtoAH.

Josh. xv, 9. And the border was unto the fountain of the water drawn from the top of the hill of Nephtoah.....

JEZREEL.

1 Sam. xxix, 1. Now the Philistines gathered together all their ites pitched by a fountain which armies to Aphek: and the Israelis in Jezreel.

LEHI.

Judges xv, 19. But God clave jaw, and there came water therean hollow place that was in the out; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof En-hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.

PISGAH.

Deut. iv, 49. And all the plain
on this side Jordan eastward,
under the springs of Pisgah.
even unto the sea of the plain,

UPPER AND NETHER SPRINGS.
Josh. xv, 19. Who auswered,
Give me a blessing; for thou hast
given me a south land; give me
also springs of water."
gave her the upper springs, and
And he
the nether springs.

him, Give me a blessing: for thou
Judges i, 15. And she said unto
hast given me a south land; give
me also springs of water. And
Caleb gave her the upper springs
and the nether springs.

POOLS.

Eccles. 11, 6. I made me pools
of water, to water therewith the
wood that bringeth forth trees.
be upon every high mountain,
Isa. xxx, 25. And there shall
and upon every high hill, rivers
and streams of waters in the day
of the great slaughter, when the
towers fall.

ground shall become a pool, and
Isa. xxxv, 7. And the parched
the thirsty land springs of water:
in the habitation of dragons, where
each lay, shall be grass, with reeds
and rushes.

in high places, and fountains in
Isa. xli, 18. I will open rivers
the midst of the valleys: I will
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cause I give waters in the wilder-
give drink to my people, my
ness, and rivers in the desert, to
chosen

POOLS MENTIONED IN
SCRIPTURE.

BETHESDA.

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KING'S POOL

Neh. ii, 14. Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

OLD POOL

Isa. xxi, 11. Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool.

WELLS.

Gen. xxvi. 15 18, 19 32. For all the wells which his father's servants

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holdeth the waters, and they dry Job xil, 15. Behold, he with

had digged in 'the days of Abra- And the LORD appeared unto him up: also be sendeth them out, and

ham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. And Isaac digged again the wells of water which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had

stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.

1 Sam. vi, 6. And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew was ter, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and sinned said there, We have against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.

. 1 Kings vi, 17, 18. Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; (for they might not be seen to come into the city;) and a wench went and told them: and they went and told king David. Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court, whither they went down.

Isa. xii, 3. Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

WELLS MENTIONED IN
SCRIPTURE.
BEER-LAHAI-ROL

Gen. xvi, 14. Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

BETHLEHEM.

2 Sam. xxii, 15. And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!

BEER.

Gen. xxvl, 23, 24. And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed, for my servant Abraham's

sake.

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Gen. xxix.3.4. And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place. And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said Of Haran are we.

John iv, 5, 6. Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sycliar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well; and it was about the sixth hour.

MARAH.

Exod. xv, 23. And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.

REHOBOTH.

Gen. xxvi, 22. And he removed Num. xxi, 16. And from thence from thence, and digged another

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P8. xviii, 4. The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

Ps. lxxiv, 15. Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.

Jer. xlvi, 7, 8. Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers? Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city, and the inhabitants thereof.

Jer. xlvii, 1, 2. The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza. Thus saith the LORD, Behold, wa ters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing food, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabi

tants of the land shall howl.

Amos vill, 7, 8. The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works. Shall not the land

tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein ? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

Amos ix, 5. And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn; and it shall rise up wholly like a flood, and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

Matth. xxiv, 37-39. But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man bo. For as in the days that were be fore the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, until the day

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