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Mesopotamia

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Originally the name ‘Mesopotamia’ was given to the fertile land around the upper reaches of the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers (Genesis 24:10; Deuteronomy 23:4; Judges 3:8-10; 1 Chronicles 19:6). By New Testament times it applied to the whole of the Euphrates-Tigris valley, so that even the city of Ur, which was near the mouth of the Euphrates, was considered to be in Mesopotamia (Acts 2:9; Acts 7:2). (For details see ARAM; ASSYRIA; BABYLON; EUPHRATES; SYRIA; TIGRIS.)

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Fleming, Don. Entry for 'Mesopotamia'. Bridgeway Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​bbd/​m/mesopotamia.html. 2004.
 
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