Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageAt Gad's southern boundary, the border runs from Tamar to the waters of Meribah-kadesh, then follows the Brook of Egypt out to the Great Sea.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GOn the southern border of Gad, the boundary shall run from Tamar to the waters of Merivah-Kadesh, along the Wadi of Mitzrayim to the Great Sea.
KJV
King James VersionAnd by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleThe southern border of Gad will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then along the Brook of Egypt and out to the Great Sea.
Footnotes
The southern border echoes the traditional boundaries of the Promised Land from Numbers 34 and Joshua 15, running from Tamar (near the Dead Sea's southern tip) to Meribah-kadesh and along the Wadi Mitzrayim to the Mediterranean. That Meribah-kadesh — the site of Israel's most catastrophic wilderness failure and Moses' own mortal sin (Num. 20) — marks the eschatological southern boundary is quietly powerful: a place of shame and judgement becomes a fixed coordinate of the restored land. FOG uses 'Wadi of Mitzrayim' (preserving the Hebrew נַחַל מִצְרַיִם, *nachal Mitzrayim*) and 'Great Sea'; FOG Message renders 'Brook of Egypt' and 'Great Sea' as the conventional English equivalents.
