The southern boundary began at the Dead Sea. The broad and desolate valley by which the depre ed bed of that sea is protected to the south is calle…

And the border shall fetch a compass ... — Although the exact locations of some of the places that determined the southern border …

And the border shall fetch a compass
Not go on in a straight line, but turn about:

from Azmon to …

Canaan was of small extent; as it is bounded here, it is only about 160 miles in length and about 50 in breadth; yet this was the country promised …