Genesis 15:18

15:18 That day the Lord made a covenant ¹  with Abram: “To your descendants I give ²  this land, from the river of Egypt ³  to the great river, the Euphrates River –

Joshua 15:4

15:4 It then crossed to Azmon, extended to the Stream of Egypt, ⁴  and ended at the sea. This was their ⁵  southern border.

Joshua 15:47

15:47 Ashdod with its surrounding towns and settlements, and Gaza with its surrounding towns and settlements, as far as the Stream of Egypt ⁶  and the border at the Mediterranean Sea. ⁷ 

Joshua 15:1

15:1 The land allotted to the tribe of Judah by its clans reached to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin in the Negev far to the south. ⁸ 

Joshua 8:1

Israel Conquers Ai

8:1 The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! ⁹  Take the whole army with you and march against Ai! ¹⁰  See, I am handing over to you ¹¹  the king of Ai, along with his people, city, and land.

Isaiah 27:12

27:12 At that time ¹²  the Lord will shake the tree, ¹³  from the Euphrates River ¹⁴  to the Stream of Egypt. Then you will be gathered up one by one, O Israelites. ¹⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “cut a covenant.”

² tn The perfect verbal form is understood as instantaneous (“I here and now give”). Another option is to understand it as rhetorical, indicating certitude (“I have given” meaning it is as good as done, i.e., “I will surely give”).

³ sn The river of Egypt is a wadi (a seasonal stream) on the northeastern border of Egypt, not to the River Nile.

⁴ tn Traditionally “the Brook of Egypt,” although a number of recent translations have “the Wadi of Egypt” (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV).

⁵ tn The translation follows the LXX at this point. The MT reads, “This will be your southern border.”

⁶ tn See the note on this place name in 15:4.

⁷ tn Heb “the Great Sea,” the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

⁸ tn Heb “The lot was to the tribe of the sons of Judah by their clans to the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin toward the south, southward.”

⁹ tn Or perhaps “and don’t get discouraged!”

¹⁰ tn Heb “Take with you all the people of war and arise, go up against Ai!”

¹¹ tn Heb “I have given into our hand.” The verbal form, a perfect, is probably best understood as a perfect of certitude, indicating the certainty of the action.

¹² tn Heb “and it will be in that day.” The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

¹³ tn Heb “the Lord will beat out.” The verb is used of beating seeds or grain to separate the husk from the kernel (see Judg 6:11; Ruth 2:17; Isa 28:27), and of beating the olives off the olive tree (Deut 24:20). The latter metaphor may be in view here, where a tree metaphor has been employed in the preceding verses. See also 17:6.

¹⁴ tn Heb “the river,” a frequent designation in the OT for the Euphrates. For clarity most modern English versions substitute the name “Euphrates” for “the river” here.

¹⁵ sn The Israelites will be freed from exile (likened to beating the olives off the tree) and then gathered (likened to collecting the olives).