May God enlarge Japheth’s territory and numbers! May he live in the tents of Shem and may Canaan be his slave!”

So the Israelites set out on their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud settled in the wilderness of Paran.

For David said, “The Lord God of Israel has given his people rest and has permanently settled in Jerusalem.

He drove the nations out from before them; he assigned them their tribal allotments and allowed the tribes of Israel to settle down.

When he drove the man out, he placed on the eastern side of the orchard in Eden angelic sentries who used the flame of a whirling sword to guard the way to the tree of life.

The glory of the Lord resided on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day he called to Moses from within the cloud.

Israel lives in safety, the fountain of Jacob is quite secure, in a land of grain and new wine; indeed, its heavens rain down dew.