Ben
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Seba?
Jun 19, 2014 17:24:23 GMT
Post by Ben on Jun 19, 2014 17:24:23 GMT
Verse 3: " For I am the Yahweh thy Elohim, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee."Does anyone know what this is referring to, when it says that Yahweh gave "Ethiopia and Seba" for Israel? Here are the other references that I found which mention Seba. - "The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts." (Psalm 72:10)
- "And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan." (Genesis 10:7, also 1 Chron 1:9)
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Lee
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Jun 20, 2014 3:27:21 GMT
Post by Lee on Jun 20, 2014 3:27:21 GMT
The reader can take it as it stands in the English Version, or according to my rendering as follows: “I have given Egypt, Cush, and Seba, thy covering in return for thee; since that thou hast been precious in my eyes; thou shalt become renowned: and I have loved thee; I will therefore give men in return for thee, even to peoples in return for thy life”. Here is the Giver, who, being the proprietor of the earth, and distributor of the nations upon it according to certain bounds (Acts 17:26), establishes a new relation of things in the East, in consideration of Israel’s return under cover, or protection, of some particular power. Israel is, as it were, transferred to the Divine Purchaser, that is, to the midst of His land, by a power, whose sway is Providentially extended over Egypt, Cush, and Seba, or Abyssinia, Nubia, and Egypt; so that it obtains command of the Red Sea, from the Straits of Babelmandel to Suez; and from thence to the Mediterranean. Having thus command of both sides of the Straits, being already settled at Aden in Sheba, and possessed of Perim, the highway to India is controlled, and assured to the covering or protecting power.
Thomas, J. (1997). Eureka: An exposition of the Apocalypse (electronic ed.) (1). West Beach, South Australia: Logos Publications.
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