And what makes the agreement still more wonderful is that the Book was written by one who was not an inhabitant of the country, and who had never stood on that mountain-top. It is obvious from the history that Moses was never there, and accordingly it is obvious from the Book that it was written on the eastern side of Jordan. In all the Books written in Palestine the expression “Beyond Jordan” is employed to describe the eastern side. But it is not so with the Book of Genesis. In chapter l. 10 there is the mention of the “threshing-floor of Atad,” where Joseph and his company made a mourning for Jacob, and in verse 11 this place is said to be “beyond Jordan.” But Atad was on the west side of Jordan, for it was amongst the Canaanites, and is believed by learned men to have been between the Jordan and Jericho. To Moses, therefore, approaching Canaan from the east, it was “beyond Jordan.” To any pretender writing after the occupation of the promised land it would have been “on this side Jordan.” But to Moses, who died on the eastern side, and never set his foot on the western side, it was “beyond.” He may have seen it from Pisgah, but that was all. He never set his foot there, for he never crossed the Jordan. So he never set his foot on the mount between Bethel and Ai; but he wrote with the most minute geographical accuracy. And thus we have the testimony of the stones that the Book of Genesis was not only the Book of truth, but, may we not add, that Moses was inspired by God Himself to write with such perfect truthfulness of places which he had never seen? This one instance must suffice as an illustration of _geographical_ accuracy, and we may hasten to consider the second point; viz.:— II. HISTORICAL TRUTH.