3. The =Eu-phra'tes=, the great river of the Bible world, rises on the northern slope of Ar'a-rat, flows westward to the Tau'rus, then southward, following Leb'a-non, then southeasterly through the great plain, and finally unites with the Ti'gris (Gen. 2. 14; 15. 18; Josh. 1. 4; 24. 2). 4. The =Jor'dan= flows between two parallel chains of the Leb'a-non range southward into the Dead Sea (Gen. 13. 10; Num. 22. 1; Judg. 8. 4). 5. The =Nile=, in Af'ri-ca, flows northward into the Med-i-ter-ra'ne-an Sea (Gen. 41. 1; Exod. 2. 2). V. The Old Testament world has three =Natural Divisions=, somewhat analogous to those of the United States. 1. The =Eastern Slope=, from the Za'gros mountains eastward to the great desert. 2. The =Central Plain=, between the Za'gros and Leb'a-non mountains, the larger portion a desert. 3. The =Western Slope=, between Leb'a-non and the Med-i-ter-ra'ne-an Sea. VI. We arrange the =Lands= according to the natural divisions, giving locations, and not boundaries, as these changed in every age. 1. On the eastern slope lie: 1.) =Ar-me'ni-a= (Rev. Ver., "Ar'a-rat"), between Mount Ar'a-rat and the Cas'pi-an Sea (2 Kings 19. 37). 2.) =Me'di-a=, south of the Cas'pi-an Sea (2 Kings 17. 6; Isa. 21. 2). 3.) =Per'sia=, south of Me'di-a and north of the Per'sian Gulf (Ezra 1. 1; Dan. 5. 28). 2. In the central plain we find: (_a_) Between Mount Za'gros and the river Ti'gris: 4.) =As-syr'i-a=, on the north (2 Kings 15. 19; 17. 3). 5.) =E'lam=, on the south (Gen. 10. 22; 14. 1). (_b_) Between the rivers Ti'gris and Eu-phra'tes: 6.) =Mes-o-po-ta'mi-a=, on the north (Gen. 24. 10; Deut. 23. 4). 7.) =Chal-de'a=, on the south (Jer. 51. 24; Ezra 5. 12). (_c_) Between the river Eu-phra'tes and the Leb'a-non range: 8.) The great desert of =A-ra'bi-a= (2 Chron. 17. 11; 26. 7). 3. On the western slope we find: 9.) =Syr'i-a=, extending from the Eu-phra'tes to Pal'es-tine (2 Sam. 8. 6; 1 Kings 22. 1). 10.) =Phoe-ni'cia=, a narrow strip between Mount Leb'a-non and the sea, north of Pal'es-tine. 11.) =Pal'es-tine=, "the Holy Land," south of Syr'i-a and north of the Si-na-it'ic wilderness. Note its ancient name in Gen. 12. 5. 12.) The =Wilderness=, a desert south of Pal'es-tine, between the two arms of the Red Sea (Exod. 13. 18; Deut. 1. 19). 13.) =E'gypt=, on the northeast corner of Af'ri-ca (Gen. 12. 10; 37. 28). VII. In these lands out of many =Places= we name and locate only the most important. 1. =E'den=, the original home of the human race, probably at the junction of the Ti'gris and Eu-phra'tes (Gen. 2. 8). 2. =Shu'shan=, or Su'sa, the capital of the Per'sian empire, in the province of E'lam (Esth. 1. 2). 3. =Bab'y-lon=, the capital of Chal-de'a, on the Eu-phra'tes (Gen. 10. 10; 2 Kings 25. 1).