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___ *FURT* : *FORD* (German)
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Genesis Chapter 32, Verse 22

405 Vulgate: Cumque mature surrexisset tulit duas uxores suas et
totidem famulas cum undecim filiis et transivit vadum Iaboc

1395 Wyclif: And whanne sobirly he was arysun,
he toke his two wyues, and as feel seruauntis with elleuen sones,
and he ouerpasside the *FOORTH* of Jaboth.

1526 Tyndale: Ad rose vp the same nyghte ad toke his .ij. wyves and
his .ij. maydens and his .xi. sonnes and went ouer the *FOORDE* Iabok.

1611 King James: And he rose up that night, and took his two wives,
and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the
*FORD* Jabbok.
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<east of Jordan, into which it falls about midway between the Sea of
Galilee and the Dead Sea, or about 45 miles below the Sea of Galilee.
It rises on the eastern side of the mountains of Gilead, and runs a
course of about 65 miles in a wild and deep ravine. It was the
boundary between the territory of the Ammonites and that of Og, king
of Bashan (Josh. 12:1-5; Num. 21:24); also between the tribe of Reuben
and the half tribe of Manasseh (21:24; Deut. 3:16). In its course
westward across the plains it passes more than once underground.
"The scenery along its banks is probably the most picturesque in
Palestine; and the ruins of town and village and fortress which stud
the surrounding mountain-side render the country as interesting as
it is beautiful." This river is now called the Zerka, or blue river>>
Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
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Art Neuendorffer