 | Moše Šārôn - 1988 - 312 páginas
...and hence also in biblical times, thus verifying the biblical account of Numbers xxi: ... in short, the whole of the fine plains in this quarter, are...presented a continued picture of plenty and fertility ... (Irby and Mangles, 370f). 86 The travelogues mention many ruins that have since vanished, describing... | |
 | William Smith - 1873 - 1654 páginas
...construction of one ; and as all the land is capable of rich cultivation, there can be little doubt tint this country, now so deserted, once presented a continued picture of plenty and fertility" (Traeeh, p. 371. compare under June 5, p. 456); and it is to this quarter that the Arabs referred,... | |
 | 1855 - 456 páginas
...construction of one ; and, as the land is capable of rich cultivation, there can be no doubt that the country, now so deserted, once presented a continued picture of plenty and fertility. The form of fields is still visible, and there are remains of Roman highways which are in some places... | |
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The whole of the plains are covered with the sites of towns on every eminence or spot convenient for the construction of one : and as the land is capable of rich cultivation, there can be no doubt that the country, now so deserted, once presented a continued... 
