The border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
Parallel translations
- KJV And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
- BSB And the border of the Amorites extended from the Ascent of Akrabbim to Sela and beyond.
- NKJV Now the boundary of the Amorites was from the Ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela, and upward.
- NASB The border of the Amorites ran from the ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela and upward.
- NLT The boundary of the Amorites ran from Scorpion Pass to Sela and continued upward from there.
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Cross-references · 2
- Num 34:4Your border shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and it shall pass southward of Kadesh Barnea; and it shall go from there to Hazar Addar, and pass along to Azmon.
- Josh 15:2–3Their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks southward;
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