Eusebius of Caesarea · a new plain-English translation from the Greek
?| From Genesis. Pheison (Gen 2:11): translated "abundance." It is the river that the Greeks call the Ganges; it comes out of the paradise and, "flowing toward India, empties into the sea." It is said to encircle "the whole land of Euilat, where there is the fine gold and the carbuncle and the green stone." Pharan (Gen 14:6): a city beyond Arabia, adjoining the Saracens of the desert, through which the sons of Israel journeyed after setting out from Sinai. It lies beyond Arabia to the south, three days' journey east of Aila. There, Scripture says, Ishmael lived, and from him come the Ishmaelites. Chodollagomor too is said to have fallen upon those in "Pharan, which is in the desert." Phylistieim (Gen 21:34): the place now called Ascalon, and the famous region of Palestine around it. Well of the Swearing (Gen 21:30f.): which Abraham dug, where he swore. It is now called Berosoba, in Geraritice. Well of the Vision (Gen 24:62): in the desert, where Isaac lived. Well of Judgment (Gen 26:20f.): there is still today a village called Berdan in Geraritice. Well of the Oath (Gen 26:33): where Isaac and Abimelech swore. It is also called the city of Isaac. Scripture mentions still more wells, and they are pointed out to this day in Geraritice and near Ascalon. Phanouel (Gen 32:30): where Jacob, after wrestling <all night>, was renamed Israel, beside the torrent Iabok. <…> it is so called in the Hebrew. Phogor (Gen 36:39): a city of Adad in Gebalitice. Phinon (Gen 36:41): a station of the sons of Israel in the desert. It was also a city of the chiefs of Edom. This is Phaino, where the copper mines are, lying between the city of Petra and Zoora.
?| From Exodus. Phithom (Exod 1:11): a city in Egypt that the sons of Israel built.
?| From Numbers and Deuteronomy. Valley of the Cluster (Num 13:24f.): from which the spies took fruit as a sample of the land. It is said to be Gophna, which is translated "vine," fifteen miles from Aelia on the road leading to Neapolis. But whether the account is true is open to question. Phin (Num 33:42): a station of the sons of Israel in the desert. Valley of Zare (Num 21:12): a part of the desert. Well in the desert (Num 21:16): where the people were. Phathoura (Num 22:5): a city beyond Mesopotamia, where Balaam lived. There is also another village, Phathoura, near Eleutheropolis, on the way down to Gaza. Phogor (Num 23:28), also Bethphogor: a mountain in Moab, to which Balak brought Balaam. It rises above the place now called Dibias. There is another Phogor, a village near Bethlehem. Phasga (Deut 3:17): a city of the Amorites. There is also a mountain Phasga, to the east. Aquila: the hewn; and the Seventy elsewhere: "of the hewn rock."
?| From Judges. <Phanouel (1 Kings 12:25): a city that Jeroboam built.> Phanouel (Judg 8:8, 17): a tower that Gideon pulled down. One of the sons of Or was also called Phanouel. <Phraathon (Judg 12:13ff.): the home of Abdon, judge of Israel, "on the mountain of Amalek.">
?| From Kingdoms. Valley of Ennom (Josh 15:8?): in Hebrew, Ge Ennom. Hence some say that it is Gehenna. It lies beside Jerusalem, and it is still called today the Valley of Josaphat. Phelmoni almoni (1 Sam 21:2): Aquila: so-and-so of such-and-such; Symmachus: such-and-such a place; Theodotion: this certain Elmoni. Phogo (1 Chr 1:50?): a city of a king of Edom. Pharphar (2 Kings 5:12): a river of Damascus. Phathori (Ezek 29:14): a region of Egypt, as in Ezekiel and in Jeremiah, where the Jews settled.
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