...Egypt, where rain was generally unknown, in the perpetual labor of raising it to irrigate the soil : " For the land whither thou goest in to possess it,...sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot." Deut. xi, 10. Some authors suppose this passage refers to the oriental custom of opening and closing...

...Egypt, where rain was generally unknown, in the perpetual labor of raising it to irrigate the soil : " For the land whither thou goest in to possess it,...whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredsl it with thy foot." Deut. xi, 10. Some authors suppose this passage refers to the oriental...

...which Yahweh sware to give unto your fathers and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey. For the land whither thou goest in to possess it is...land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou didst sow thy seed, and didst water it with thy foot like a garden of herbs; but the land whither ye...

...causes the water to flow in another direction. This fact will easily explain the following passage : — "For the land whither thou goest in to possess it,...land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowest thy seed, and waterest it with thy foot as a garden of herbs." (Dent. xi. 10.) 84 THE CHILDREN'S...

...mention of a water-wheel on a ushabti-figure, Schafer quotes Marti's translation of Deut. xi. 10, " The land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is...out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it, like a garden of herbs, with thy foot [-driven water-wheel]." The explanatory addition in brackets...

...Deuteronomy 11:10 suggests the wearisomeness of this unremitting toil: "For the land, whither ye go in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from...wateredst it with thy foot as a garden of herbs." This constant need of low-grade labor must have tended to create and maintain a distinct class of serfs...

...Israelites when holding before them the dazzling advantages which awaited them in the land of Canaan. 4For the land whither thou goest in to possess it is not...thou sowedst thy seed and wateredst it with thy foot like a garden of herbs. But the land whither ye go to possess it is a land of hills and valleys, and...

...containing all the data used in this study is presented in Appendix 4. BACKGROUND TO EGYPTIAN WHEAT POLICY For the land whither thou goest in to possess it is...whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed and waterdst it with thy foot as a garden of herbs. Deuteronomy. 11:10 Considering the vast history of...

...unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey. 10 c y throne shall be established for ever. 17 According to all these words, and according 1 1 But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of...

...are given a promise of great blessings in store for them, and herbs are again prominently mentioned. "For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it,...wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs" (Deuteronomy 11:10). Later in the scriptures, herbs are again emphasized as Ahab spoke to Naboth. In...