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| <p> <strong> EAST, [[Children]] OF THE </strong> . A common designation of the inhabitants of the [[Syrian]] desert, who were partly Aramæan and partly [[Arabian]] ( Judges 6:3; Judges 8:10 , Ezekiel 25:4; Ezekiel 25:10 , Isaiah 11:14 , Jeremiah 49:28 , Job 1:3 ). [[Certain]] of them had obtained great renown for wisdom ( 1 Kings 5:10 ). </p> <p> J. F. McCurdy. </p>
| | <p> ''''' ēst ''''' ( בּני קדם , <i> ''''' benē ḳedhem ''''' </i> ): A term which in a general way designated the inhabitants of the country East of [[Palestine]] The Hebrews thought of their own country as occupying the central place, and of the other parts of the world in relation to this. They spoke of the "queen of the south" ( Matthew 12:42 ), and of the "king of the south" ( Daniel 11:5 , Daniel 11:6 ). They spoke of people coming from "the east and the west" and sitting down with the patriarchs ( Matthew 8:11 ). </p> <p> The term "children of the east" seems to have been applied to the inhabitants of any part of the country East of Palestine It is stated that Jacob, when he fled from Esau, "came to the land of the children of the east" ( Genesis 29:1 ), and the place to which he came was [[Haran]] in Mesopotamia. In Jeremiah 49:28 the inhabitants of Kedar are called "the children of the east," and in later [[Jewish]] literature, Kedar is identified with the Arabs (see [[Kedar]] ). Job was designated as "the greatest of all the children of the east" ( Job 1:3 ), and the land of [[Uz]] was mentioned as his home ( Job 1:1 ). While it is impossible absolutely to locate the land of Uz, it must have been on the edge of the desert which was East of Palestine. The children of the east seem to have been famous for their wisdom. It is said that "Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east" ( 1 Kings 4:30 ), and "Wise-men from the east" came to [[Jerusalem]] seeking the one that was born king of the [[Jews]] ( Matthew 2:1 ). </p> <p> Many of the inhabitants of the east country were regarded as descending from [[Abraham]] (see Genesis 25:6 ), and hence, they were related to Israel. </p> |
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| <p> '''''ēst''''' , (מזרה , <i> '''''mizrāḥ''''' </i> , קדם , <i> '''''ḳedhem''''' </i> , קדם , <i> '''''ḳēdhem''''' </i> , and other derivatives of the same root; ἀνατολή , <i> '''''anatolḗ''''' </i> ): <i> '''''Mizrāḥ''''' </i> is the equivalent of the Arabic <i> '''''meshriḳ''''' </i> , "the orient" or "place of sunrise." In the same way <i> '''''ma‛ărābh''''' </i> , "west," corresponds to the Arabic <i> '''''maghrib''''' </i> , and both <i> '''''mizrāḥ''''' </i> and <i> '''''ma‛ărābh''''' </i> occur in Psalm 103:12 : "As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us." <i> '''''Ḳādham''''' </i> , "to precede" (whence <i> '''''ḳedhem''''' </i> , "east"), and its derivatives correspond closely to the Arabic <i> '''''ḳadham''''' </i> , except that the Arabic derivatives do not include the signification "east." In the majority of cases "east" and other words of direction require no explanation, but the expressions "the children of the east" ( <i> '''''benē ḳedhem''''' </i> ), "the land of the children of the east" ( <i> ''''''erec benē ḳedhem''''' </i> ), and "the east country" ( <i> ''''''erec ḳedhem''''' </i> ), belong to a different category. In the story of [[Gideon]] ( Judges 6:3 , Judges 6:13; Judges 7:12; Judges 8:10 ), we find several times the expression "the [[Midianites]] and the [[Amalekites]] and the children of the east." In Judges 8:24 it is said of the same host: "For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites." In Jeremiah 49:28 , Jeremiah 49:29 : "Go up to Kedar, and destroy the children of the east. Their tents and their flocks shall they take." In [[Genesis]] 25:6 : "But unto the sons of the concubines, that [[Abraham]] had, Abraham gave gifts; and he sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country." Now [[Ishmael]] is the son of Abraham and Hagar, [[Midian]] of Abraham and Keturah, [[Kedar]] the son of Ishmael, and [[Amalek]] the grandson of Esau, dwelling in Edom. It is evident that we have to do with the Syrian desert and in a general way with Arabia, especially its northern part, and with peoples like the modern Bedouin who kept camels and dwelt in tents, "houses of hair" ( <i> '''''buyūt sha‛r''''' </i> ), as they are called by the Arabs of today. </p> <p> A striking passage is Genesis 29:1 : "Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east." As one journeys eastward through the country east of the [[Jordan]] he traverses first a region of towns and villages with fields of grain, and then the wide desert where the Bedouin wander with their herds. The line is a sharp one. Within a very few hours he passes from the settled part where the rain, though scanty, is sufficient to bring the grain to maturity, to the bare desert. </p> <p> Job was "the greatest of all the children of the east" ( Job 1:3 ). These desert people had a name for wisdom as we see from 1 Kings 4:30 , "Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt"; and from Matthew 2:1 : "Now when Jesus was born ... Wisemen from the east came." </p> | |
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [1]
ēst ( בּני קדם , benē ḳedhem ): A term which in a general way designated the inhabitants of the country East of Palestine The Hebrews thought of their own country as occupying the central place, and of the other parts of the world in relation to this. They spoke of the "queen of the south" ( Matthew 12:42 ), and of the "king of the south" ( Daniel 11:5 , Daniel 11:6 ). They spoke of people coming from "the east and the west" and sitting down with the patriarchs ( Matthew 8:11 ).
The term "children of the east" seems to have been applied to the inhabitants of any part of the country East of Palestine It is stated that Jacob, when he fled from Esau, "came to the land of the children of the east" ( Genesis 29:1 ), and the place to which he came was Haran in Mesopotamia. In Jeremiah 49:28 the inhabitants of Kedar are called "the children of the east," and in later Jewish literature, Kedar is identified with the Arabs (see Kedar ). Job was designated as "the greatest of all the children of the east" ( Job 1:3 ), and the land of Uz was mentioned as his home ( Job 1:1 ). While it is impossible absolutely to locate the land of Uz, it must have been on the edge of the desert which was East of Palestine. The children of the east seem to have been famous for their wisdom. It is said that "Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east" ( 1 Kings 4:30 ), and "Wise-men from the east" came to Jerusalem seeking the one that was born king of the Jews ( Matthew 2:1 ).
Many of the inhabitants of the east country were regarded as descending from Abraham (see Genesis 25:6 ), and hence, they were related to Israel.
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