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of the two rivers, is Mesopotamia (as it is rendered in Genesis 24: 10), the country enclosed between the Tigris on the east and the Euphrates on the west (Psalm 60, title); called also the “field of Aram” (Hos. 12:12, R.V.) i.e., the open country of Aram; in the Authorized Version, “country of Syria.” Padan-aram (q.v.) was a portion of this country.

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