Bible verses about "africa" | Rotherham

¹¹ The name of the one, is Pishon,––the same, is that which surroundeth all the land of Havilah, where is gold;

⁶ And, the sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim and Phut and Canaan. ⁷ And, the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah and Raamah, and Sabtechah,––And, the sons of Raamah, Sheba and Dedan. ⁸ And, Cush, begat Nimrod,––he, became a hero in the earth; ⁹ he, became a hero of hunting before Yahweh,––for this cause, it is said, Like Nimrod, a hero of hunting before Yahweh. ¹⁰ So the beginning of his kingdom came to be Babel, and Erech, and Accad and Calneh,––in the land of Shinar. ¹¹ From that land, went forth Asshur,––and he built Nineveh, and Rehoboth–ir, and Calah; ¹² and Resen, between Niveveh and Calah,––the same, is the great city. ¹³ And, Mizraim, begat Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim, and Naphtuchim; ¹⁴ and Pathrusim and Casluhim, whence came forth Philistim and Caphtorim.
¹⁵ And, Canaan, begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth; ¹⁶ and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite; ¹⁷ and the Hivite and the Arkite, and the Sinite; ¹⁸ and the Arvadite and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite,––and, afterwards, were spread abroad the families of the Canaanite. ¹⁹ And it came to pass, that the boundary of the Canaanite was from Zidon, as thou enterest in towards Gerar, unto Gaza,––as thou enterest in towards Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboim, as far as Lasha. ²⁰ These, are the sons of Ham, by their families, by their tongues,––in their lands, in their nations.

¹² So Yahweh smote the Ethiopians, before Asa, and before Judah,––and the Ethiopians fled.

¹ And it came to pass, in the days of Ahasuerus,––the same, Ahasuerus that reigned from India even unto Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty–seven provinces:

¹ Ho! thou land of the buzzing of wings,––Which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia: ² That sendeth, by the sea, ambassadors, Even in vessels of paper–reed, upon the face of the waters,––Go, ye swift messengers, Unto a nation drawn out and polished, Unto a people terrible from their beginning and onwards,––A nation most mighty and subduing, Whose land rivers, have cut through. ³ All ye inhabitants of the world, And ye, that dwell in the earth,––When there is lifted up an ensign on the mountains, Ye shall look, And, when there is blown a horn, Ye shall hearken. ⁴ For, thus, said Yahweh unto me,––I must be quiet, I must look on in my fixed place of abode,––Like a bright heat, on the light, Like a cloud of dew, in the heat of harvest. ⁵ For, before harvest, when the bud is perfect, And, the blossom, becometh, a ripening grape, Then will one cut down the twigs with pruning–hooks, And, the tendrils, will he remove [and] cast down: ⁶ They shall be left together, To the, ravenous birds, of the mountains, And to the beast of the earth,––Then shall the ravenous bird, summer upon them, And, every beast of the earth, upon them, shall winter. ⁷ In that time, shall there be borne along,. As a present unto Yahweh of hosts, A people drawn out and polished, Even from a people terrible from their beginning and onwards,––A nation most mighty and subduing, Whose land rivers, have cut through, Unto the place of the Name of Yahweh of hosts. Mount Zion.

¹⁴ Thus, saith Yahweh––The produce of Egypt and the gain of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of great stature, Unto thee, shall come over, And, thine, shall they become, After thee, shall they journey, In chains, shall they come over,––And, unto thee, shall they bow down, Unto thee, shall they pray [saying], ––Surely, in thee, is a GOD, And there is none, else––no, God!

⁹ Mount the horses, And drive the chariots madly on, So let the heroes, go forth,––Ethiopians and Libyans, that grasp the buckler, And Lydians, that grasp––that tread––the bow. But, that day, belongeth to My Lord, Yahweh of hosts––

⁷ When Ebed–melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs, he, being in the house of the king, heard, that they had delivered Jeremiah into the dungeon,––the king being seated in the gate of Benjamin, ⁸ then went forth Ebed–melech, out of the house of the king, and spake unto the king, saying: ⁹ My lord, O King! wickedly, have these men done all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom indeed they have cast into the dungeon,––since he would have died where he was, because of the famine, for there is no, bread any longer, in the city. ¹⁰ Then the king commanded, Ebed–melech the Ethiopian, saying,––Take with thee from hence, thirty men, and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. ¹¹ So Ebed–melech took, the men with him, and went into the house of the king, under the treasury, and took thence, pieces of cast–off clothes, and old rags,––and let them down unto Jeremiah in the dungeon, with the ropes. ¹² Then said Ebed–melech the Ethiopian unto Jeremiah,––Put, I pray thee, the pieces of cast–off clothes and the old rags, under thine arm–joints, under the ropes, And Jeremiah did, so, ¹³ Then drew they Jeremiah, with the ropes, and lifted him up out of the dungeon,––and Jeremiah remained in the guard–court.

¹⁰ Therefore, behold me! against thee and against thy rivers,––And I will make the land of Egypt, to be most desolate, an astounding desolation, from Migdol to Syene, even up to the boundary of Ethiopia:

⁷ Like the sons of the Ethiopians, are not ye, unto me, O sons of Israel? Demandeth Yahweh: Was it not, Israel, I brought up out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines out of Caphtor, and the Syrians out of Kir? ⁸ Lo! the eyes of My Lord, Yahweh, are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the ground,––save only that I will not, utterly destroy, the house of Jacob, Declareth Yahweh.

⁴³ and he will have authority over the treasures of gold and silver, and over all the delightful things of Egypt,––with Libyans and Ethiopians among his followers;

⁶ And I will cast upon thee abominable filth, and treat thee as foolish,––and set thee as a gazing–stock. ⁷ And it shall come to pass that, all who see thee, shall flee from thee, and shall say, Destroyed is Nineveh! Who will bemoan her?––Whence shall I seek any to comfort thee?
⁸ Art thou better than No–amon, who sat among the Nile–streams, waters round about her,––whose fortress was the sea, from the sea, her wall. ⁹ Ethiopia, was her strength, and Egypt––Yea, without end,––Put and Lubim, were among thy helpers. ¹⁰ Yet, she, was given up to exile, she went into captivity, even her babes, were dashed to the ground, at the head of all the streets,––and, for her honourable men, cast they lots, and, all her great men, were bound together in chains.

⁹ Surely, then, will I turn unto the peoples a lip made pure,––that they all may call on the name of Yahweh, may serve him with one consent. ¹⁰ From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, [shall come] my suppliants, the daughter of my dispersed ones, shall bear along a gift for me. ¹¹ In that day, wilt thou not turn pale for all thy deeds, wherein thou hast transgressed against me? For, then, will I take away out of thy midst thy proudly exulting ones, and thou shalt not again be haughty any more in my holy mountain: ¹² So will I leave remaining in thy midst, a people oppressed and poor,––who will seek refuge in the name of Yahweh: ¹³ The remnant of Israel––will not do perversity, nor speak falsehood, neither shall there be found in their mouth a tongue of deceit,––surely, they, shall feed and lie down, with none to make them afraid.

¹ And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses, on account of the Cushite woman whom he had taken,––for, a Cushite woman, had he taken.

³¹ Ambassadors come out of Egypt, The Ethiopian, eagerly stretcheth out his hands, unto God.

³⁴ And Peter, opening his mouth, said––Of a truth, I find that God is no respecter of persons; ³⁵ But, in every nation, he that feareth him and worketh righteousness, is acceptable unto him.

²⁷ And, arising, he journeyed. And lo! a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch, one in power under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure [who] had come to worship in Jerusalem; ²⁸ And was returning, and, sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah. ²⁹ And the Spirit said unto Philip––Go near, and join thyself unto this chariot! ³⁰ And, running near, Philip heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said––Dost thou, then, understand what thou art reading? ³¹ And, he, said––How indeed should be able––unless someone shall guide me? And he called upon Philip, to come up and sit with him.