Thematic Bible: Meteorology


Thematic Bible




For just as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and they do not return there except they have watered the earth thoroughly and cause it to bring forth and sprout, and give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, Verse ConceptsAgriculture, Used FigurativelyWinterLand ProducingSnowGod Feeds All The EarthChange And GrowthSeedsspringtimewaterfallsproviding

And the local inhabitants showed {extraordinary} kindness to us, for they lit a fire [and] welcomed us all, because of the rain that had begun and because of the cold. Verse ConceptsActs of KindnessClimates, TypesGrace, In Human RelationshipsHospitality, Examples OfKindnessRainWeather, God's Sovereignty OverCold, Literal UseHospitalityTravellersWelcoming Other PeopleCold WeatherWarmingWeather Causing Sufferings

Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month on the twentieth day of the month. All the people sat in the public square of the house of God trembling because of this matter and from the rains. Verse ConceptsRainWeather, God's Sovereignty OverMonth 9Groups TremblingWeather Causing Sufferings



Then Elijah said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink, for [there is] the sound of the noise of rain." Verse ConceptsRainAbundance, MaterialSoundEating And DrinkingAbundance

Be glad, children of Zion, be glad and rejoice in Yahweh your God, because he has given for you the autumn rains for [your] righteousness, and he has {poured down} for you rainwater, [the] autumn and spring rains, as before. Verse ConceptsWeather, God's Sovereignty OverAbundance, MaterialNames And Titles For The ChristianGod Sending RainLatenessspringtimevindication

And the rain came down and the rivers came and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it did not collapse, because its foundation was laid on the rock. Verse ConceptsRainFoundations Of BuildingsRosesFloods


So Samuel called out to Yahweh, and Yahweh brought thunder and rain that [same] day, so all the people feared Yahweh and Samuel greatly. Verse ConceptsReverence, And God's NatureFear Of God, Examples OfIndividuals Fearing GodFear Of Individuals

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When the clouds are full, they empty rain on the earth. Whether a tree falls to the south or whether it falls to the north, the place where the tree falls--there it will be. Verse ConceptsClouds, Natural UseCompassesNorth And SouthThings FallingWeather In The Last Dayscloudsinvesting

He sent arrows and he scattered them, lightning, and he directed them. Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfGod's ArrowsScattering The Peoples

And he shot his arrows and scattered them, and many lightning bolts and routed them. Verse ConceptsGod's ArrowsScattering The PeoplesArrowscrusades

{And} on the third day, when it was morning, there was thunder and lightning, and a heavy cloud over the mountain and a very loud ram's horn sound, and all the people who [were] in the camp trembled. Verse ConceptsPillar Of CloudLightningMusical Instruments, types ofTheophanyThunderGroups TremblingTrumpets For SignallingThose Frightened Of GodThe Last TrumpetLion Of The Tribe Of JudahThunder Showing God's Presence

And from the throne came out lightnings and sounds and thunders, and seven torches of fire [were] burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God. Verse ConceptsLightningSpiritsSymbolsThunderSeven SpiritsSeven LightsFire Of The SpiritRumblingThe RainbowThunder Showing God's Presence

And all the people [were] seeing the thunder and the lightning and the sound of the ram's horn and the mountain smoking, and the people saw, and they trembled, and they stood at a distance. Verse ConceptsLightningMusical Instruments, types ofSmokeTheophanyThunderFear, Of UnknownStanding At A DistanceTrumpets For SignallingThose Frightened Of GodWitnessingdistancesmokingThunder Showing God's Presence

He lets it loose under all the heavens, and his lightning to the earth's corners. Verse ConceptsLightningFlat Earth

Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go? And will they say to you, 'Here we are'? Verse ConceptsLightning

The chariots race madly through the streets; they rush back and forth in the public squares. Their appearance like lightning bolts, they dart about like flashes of lightning. Verse ConceptsChariotsLightningRoadsStreetsCity SquaresAttacking With ChariotsSpeedSparklingUsing RoadsSteelAutomobilesLightning Used Metaphorically


And [then] {the anger of Yahweh will be kindled against you}, and he will shut up the heavens, and there shall not be rain, and [so] the ground will not give its produce, and you will perish quickly from the good land that Yahweh [is] giving to you. Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalRainUnfruitfulnessWeather, As God's JudgmentElements, Control OfDispleasureDivine Power Over Nature

And I will make it a wasteland; it shall not be pruned and hoed, and it shall be overgrown [with] briers and thornbushes. And concerning the clouds, I will command {them not to send} rain down upon it. Verse ConceptsBriersAgriculture, TermsPruningCommands, in OTdrought, physicalRainCultivationLack Of RainFallow Land

the one leading you in the great and terrible desert [infested] with {dangerous} snakes and scorpions and parched ground, where there is no water, [and] the one bringing out water for you from flint rock, Verse ConceptsFlintClimates, Typesdrought, physicalSnakesSuffering, HardshipThirstAnimals, Types OfGod Providing WaterDry PlacesProvision From RocksScorpions

When you shut up the heavens so there is no rain because they have sinned against you, then they pray to this place and they confess your name and they return from their sin because you punished them, Verse ConceptsLack Of RainSigns Of RepentanceSin Brings ImpoverishmentSin Producing Afflictions

And they did not say, 'Where [is] Yahweh, the one who brought us up from the land of Egypt, the one who led us in the desert, in a land of desert plains and gorges, in a land of dryness and deep darkness, in a land {that no one passes through}, and no human lives there?' Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtBarren, LandDesertsWildernessDry PlacesDarkness During DaytimeEmpty By NatureWhere Is God?God Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

Yahweh will change the rain of your land [to] fine dust and [to] sand; from the heaven it shall come down upon you {until you are destroyed}. Verse ConceptsDust, Figurative Usedust


Thus says Yahweh of hosts, "Look, disaster [is] going out from nation to nation, and a great tempest is stirred up from the farthest parts of [the] earth. Verse ConceptsStormsWhirlwindsPeople Possibly Doing EvilThe Storms Of Life

[The] nations roar like [the] roar of many waters, but he will rebuke him, and he will flee far away. And they are chased like chaff of [the] mountains before [the] wind and like tumbleweed before [the] storm. Verse ConceptsChaffWindWhirlwindsLight As ChaffRoar Of NationsGod Requite Them!

When your panic comes like a storm, and your calamity arrives like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you, Verse ConceptsStormsWhirlwindsSudden DestructionPeople AppalledHurricanesOvercoming AdversityBeing OverwhelmedThe Storms Of Life


Indeed, hardly are they planted; indeed, hardly [are they] sown; indeed, hardly has their shoot taken root in the earth when he blows on them and they wither, and [the] tempest carries them like stubble. Verse ConceptsBreath Of GodRootsWhirlwindsPeople WitheredMetaphorical Planting

Look, the storm of Yahweh has gone forth [in] wrath, even a whirling tempest. It will whirl upon [the] head of [the] wicked Verse ConceptsStormsWeather, As God's JudgmentWhirlwindsHurricanesGod Controls Storms

Look, the storm of Yahweh! Wrath has gone forth, a whirling tempest. It will whirl upon [the] head of [the] wicked. Verse ConceptsStormsWhirlwindsHurricanesGod Controls Storms


[The] clouds poured out water. [The] skies {thundered}. Your arrows also {flew about}. Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfWaterClouds, Natural UseGod's ArrowsPouring Water

Yahweh, when you went down from Seir, when you marched from the region of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured down, the clouds poured down water. Verse ConceptsClouds, Natural UseWaterGod Shaking The EarthGod Sending Rain

Do you know about the hovering of the clouds, {the marvelous works of the one with perfect knowledge}? Verse ConceptsBalance In LifeAwesome GodBeing A Know It AllGod, Perfection OfPerfection, DivineClouds, Natural UseGod, All knowingbalanceclouds

[He] ties up [the] water in its clouds, and [the] cloud is not torn open beneath it. Verse ConceptsClouds, Natural UseDivision Of WatersOut Of The NorthGod Sending RainWaters DividingWork Ethiccloudsweight

When the clouds are full, they empty rain on the earth. Whether a tree falls to the south or whether it falls to the north, the place where the tree falls--there it will be. Whoever watches the wind will not sow; whoever watches the clouds will not reap.

Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars darken and the clouds return after the rain. Verse ConceptsClouds, Natural UseLooking Through WindowsOvertaken By DarknessDarkening Sun Moon And StarsSunshineThe Moon

And as they were fleeing from Israel, [they were] on the slope of Beth-horon, and Yahweh threw huge stones from the heavens on them as far as Azekah; and more died by the hail stones than those whom the {Israelites} killed by the sword. Verse ConceptsHailSkyWeather, As God's JudgmentGod KillingIsrael FleeingGod Killed The Peoples

Look! The Lord has mighty and strong [one], like a rainstorm of hail, a wind storm of destruction, like a rainstorm of mighty overflowing waters, he will put [them] to the earth with [his] hand. Verse ConceptsBitingHailRainGod Giving StrengthGod Gives Strength

And Moses stretched out his staff to the heavens, and Yahweh gave thunder and hail, and fire went [to the] earth, and Yahweh caused hail to rain on the land of Egypt. Verse ConceptsFamine, Causes OfThunderMiracles Of Moses And AaronHailFire From Heaven

And the first blew the trumpet, and there was hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was thrown to the earth, and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up. Verse ConceptsGrassHailOne ThirdThe Universe DestroyedFire From HeavenFire Of JudgementBurning PlantsSeven TrumpetsGreenLifebloodFirst ThingsHarming TreesTrumpet JudgmentsNatural Disasters

And Yahweh thundered from the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice [with] hail and coals of fire. Verse ConceptsThunderHailGod's VoiceThunder Showing God's Presence

Say to [those] covering [it] [with] whitewash that it will fall; there will be {a torrent of rain}, and I will give stones of hail; they will fall! And a {windstorm} will burst forth! Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedShowersHailPlasterWhitewashingThings Falling

And as they were fleeing from Israel, [they were] on the slope of Beth-horon, and Yahweh threw huge stones from the heavens on them as far as Azekah; and more died by the hail stones than those whom the {Israelites} killed by the sword. Verse ConceptsHailSkyWeather, As God's JudgmentGod KillingIsrael FleeingGod Killed The Peoples

{While} Samuel [was] sacrificing the burnt offering, [the] Philistines drew near for the battle against Israel. But Yahweh thundered against [the] Philistines with a great noise on that day and threw them into confusion so that they were defeated before Israel. Verse ConceptsConfusion, Examples OfdefeatThunderAnger Of God, Examples OfGod OvercomingThunder Expressing God's Judgment

In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month--on that day all the springs of the great deep were split open, and the windows of heaven were opened. Verse ConceptsBefore The FloodGeologyThe DelugeCalendarsSudden DestructionMonth 2The Act Of OpeningOpening HeavenWindows Of HeavenThe Sea Stirred UpFloods

Yahweh rained down from heaven upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Yahweh. Verse ConceptsBrimstoneFireMineralsRetributionSexual Sin, Nature OfAnger Of God, Examples OfBurning CitiesSulphur

And Moses stretched out his staff to the heavens, and Yahweh gave thunder and hail, and fire went [to the] earth, and Yahweh caused hail to rain on the land of Egypt. Verse ConceptsFamine, Causes OfThunderMiracles Of Moses And AaronHailFire From Heaven

And [because] we were violently battered by the storm, on the next [day] {they began} jettisoning [the cargo], Verse ConceptsStormsThe Next DayBuoyancyAbandoning Things

Elijah the Tishbite from Tishbe of Gilead said to Ahab, "{As Yahweh lives}, the God of Israel before whom I stand, there shall surely not be dew nor rain these years {except by my command}." Verse ConceptsFamine, Examples OfBaal Worship, HistoryElijah, Prophecies OfElijah, Life Ofdrought, physicaldewLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityPrayerfulnessRainWeather, As God's JudgmentMiracles Of ElijahCrowsImmigrants

And so it was, in the evening, the quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning, a layer of dew was all around the camp. Verse ConceptsdewQuailBirds, Types Of BirdsCamp, Of Israel

With his knowledge, depths broke open, and clouds dropped dew. Verse ConceptsClouds, Natural Useclosure

So Israel dwells alone [and] carefree, the spring of Jacob in a land of grain and wine; his heavens even drip dew. Verse ConceptsdrinkingGrainWine

May God give you of the dew of heaven and of the fatness of the earth, and abundance of grain and new wine. Verse ConceptsAlcoholdrought, physicaldrinkingdewWineFertile LandPlenty Of WinePlenty Through God

And God remembered Noah and all the wild animals, and all the domesticated animals that [were] with him in the ark. And God caused a wind to blow over the earth, and the waters subsided. Verse ConceptsFlood, TheCovenant, God's with NoahMemoriesWindAnimals, Care ForDivine RemembranceGod Dispensing WindGod Remembering His PeopleWaters SubsidingNoah's Flood

Then a wind set out from Yahweh, and it drove quails from the west, and he spread [them] out on the camp about a day's journey on one side and about a day's journey on the other, all around the camp, about two cubits on the surface of the land. Verse ConceptsWeather, God's Sovereignty OverWeights And Measures, DistancesWindBirds, Types Of BirdsGod Dispensing WindDimensions Of Other Things

And he said to me, "Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and you must say to the breath, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh {from the four winds}, "Come, O spirit and breath, on these dead ones, so that they may live!" '" Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For The Holy SpiritThe Spirit Of GodFour WindsProphesy!The Dead Are Raisedbreathinglungsbreath

And Yahweh hurled a great wind upon the sea, and it was a great storm on the sea, and the merchant ship {was in danger of breaking up}. Verse ConceptsStormsWeather, God's Sovereignty OverWindGod Dispensing WindBroken ThingsHurricanessailingjonahGod Controls Storms

You blew with your breath; the sea covered them; they dropped like lead in the mighty waters. Verse ConceptsBreath Of GodLeadSinkingGod Dispensing Wind

And behold, a great wind came from across the desert, and it struck the four corners of the house {so that} it fell upon the young people, and they died. But I escaped, [even] I alone, to tell you." Verse ConceptsStormsActing AloneFour CornersDestruction Of HousesFour SidesDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsDeathHurricanes

He said, "Go out and stand on the mountain before Yahweh." Suddenly Yahweh was passing by, with a great and strong wind ripping the mountains and crushing rocks before Yahweh; [but] Yahweh [was] not in the wind. After the wind, [there was] an earthquake; [but] Yahweh was not in the earthquake. Verse ConceptsPassing ByWindHoly Spirit, Types OfStormsNo Winds

But not long afterward a wind like a hurricane, called the northeaster, rushed down from it. Verse ConceptsStormsHurricanesWeather In The Last Days

And Yahweh hurled a great wind upon the sea, and it was a great storm on the sea, and the merchant ship {was in danger of breaking up}. Verse ConceptsStormsWeather, God's Sovereignty OverWindGod Dispensing WindBroken ThingsHurricanessailingjonahGod Controls Storms

And a great storm of wind developed, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already being filled [with water]. Verse ConceptsStormsBoatsSwamped

And I looked, and look! A storm wind [was] coming from the north, a great cloud, and fire flashing back and forth, and brightness around [and] {within it}, and from its midst [it was] like [the] outward appearance of amber stone from the midst of the fire. Verse ConceptsLight, NaturalLightningNorthTheophanyWhirlwindsCompassesOut Of The NorthFire Emanating From GodGod Is LightColorThe North Wind

When Yahweh was about to take Elijah up in the storm [to] heaven, Elijah and Elisha went from Gilgal. Verse ConceptsWhirlwindsGoing TogetherGoing Up To HeavenGod Lifting PeopleGod Dispensing WindTaken To HeavenPeople Who Didn't Die

"[The] storm wind comes from its chamber and cold from [the] north wind. Verse ConceptsClimates, TypesWindCold, Literal UseWhirlwindsFrostOut Of The NorthCold WeatherHurricanes


Before your pots can feel [the heat of] a thornbush, whether green [or] {dry}, he will sweep it away. Verse ConceptsWhirlwindsThornsGod Not DelayingWeed


{When he utters his voice} [there is] a noise of water in the heavens, and he causes [the] mist to rise from [the] ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain, and he causes [the] wind to go out from his storehouses. Verse ConceptsEarth, God SustainingNatureRainStoringThunderWeather, God's Sovereignty OverWindElements, Control OfVapourDivine Power Over NatureGod Sending RainGod Dispensing WindGod's VoiceGod's StorehousesProvidence, Of God In NatureGod Controlling The Rain


[He] causes clouds to rise from the edge of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain; [he] brings out [the] wind from his storehouses. Verse ConceptsGod, The ProviderLightningNatureRainStoringWeather, God's Sovereignty OverWindVapourGod Dispensing WindGod's StorehousescloudsspringtimeGod Controlling The RainGod Controls Storms



He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamore trees with sleet. Verse ConceptsSycamoresDestroying VineyardsFrostCold Weather

[He] gives snow like wool; he scatters frost like ashes; Verse ConceptsFrostSnowWoolCold Weather

Elijah was a human being with the same nature as us, and {he prayed fervently} for [it] not to rain, and it did not rain on the land [for] three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the earth produced its fruit.

Then Elijah said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink, for [there is] the sound of the noise of rain." So Ahab went up to eat and to drink while Elijah went to the top of Carmel, bent down to the earth, and put his face between his knees. Then he said to his servant, "Please go [and] look in the direction of [the] sea." So he went up and looked; then he said, "There is nothing." Then he said, "Go back," seven times. read more.
It happened that at the seventh time, he said, "Look, there is a small cloud, as [the] hand of a man, coming up from the sea." Then [Elijah] said, "Go up, say to Ahab, 'Harness [your horses] and go down, lest the rain stop you.'" {In no time} the heavens grew black [with] clouds and wind, and there was heavy rain. Ahab rode and he went to Jezreel,

So then take your stand again and see this great thing that Yahweh [is going to] do before your eyes. [Is] the wheat harvest not today? I will call out to Yahweh so that he still sends thunder and rain, so that you will know and will see that your wickedness [is] great that you have done in the eyes of Yahweh by asking for a king for yourselves." So Samuel called out to Yahweh, and Yahweh brought thunder and rain that [same] day, so all the people feared Yahweh and Samuel greatly.


And Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre. And he was sitting in the doorway of the tent at the heat of the day. Verse ConceptsHeatNoonRevelation, In OtSittingTentsAbraham, Testing And VictoryOaksHot WeatherGod Appearing

And when [you see] the south wind blowing, you say, 'There will be burning heat,' and it happens. Verse ConceptsHeatWindWeather ForecastsHot Weather

For the sun rises with its burning heat and dries up the grass, and its flower falls off, and the beauty of its appearance is lost. So also the rich person in his pursuits will wither away. Verse ConceptsFutilityHeatMoney, Attitudes ToPlantsStrength, HumanThe SunWeather, As God's JudgmentGrass WitheredHot WeatherScorchingNo Beauty

And there were lightnings and sounds and thunders, and there was a great earthquake, as has not happened from the [time] humanity has been on the earth--so great in this way [was] the earthquake. Verse ConceptsearthquakesLightningThunderCalamityUnique EventsRumblingBowl JudgmentsCatastrophic EventsThunder Expressing God's Judgment

And from the throne came out lightnings and sounds and thunders, and seven torches of fire [were] burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God. Verse ConceptsLightningSpiritsSymbolsThunderSeven SpiritsSeven LightsFire Of The SpiritRumblingThe RainbowThunder Showing God's Presence

So Samuel called out to Yahweh, and Yahweh brought thunder and rain that [same] day, so all the people feared Yahweh and Samuel greatly. Verse ConceptsReverence, And God's NatureFear Of God, Examples OfIndividuals Fearing GodFear Of Individuals


And the local inhabitants showed {extraordinary} kindness to us, for they lit a fire [and] welcomed us all, because of the rain that had begun and because of the cold. Verse ConceptsActs of KindnessClimates, TypesGrace, In Human RelationshipsHospitality, Examples OfKindnessRainWeather, God's Sovereignty OverCold, Literal UseHospitalityTravellersWelcoming Other PeopleCold WeatherWarmingWeather Causing Sufferings

"[The] storm wind comes from its chamber and cold from [the] north wind. Verse ConceptsClimates, TypesWindCold, Literal UseWhirlwindsFrostOut Of The NorthCold WeatherHurricanes

[he] throws his hail like crumbs. Who can stand before his cold? Verse ConceptsCold, Figurative UseCrumbsCold Weather

So he answered [and] said to them, "[When] evening comes you say, '[It will be] fair weather because the sky is red,' and early in the morning, 'Today [it will be] stormy weather, because the sky is red [and] darkening.' You know how to evaluate correctly the appearance of the sky, but you are not able [to evaluate] the signs of the times.

And he also said to the crowds, "When you see a cloud coming up in the west, you say at once, 'A rainstorm is coming,' and so it happens. And when [you see] the south wind blowing, you say, 'There will be burning heat,' and it happens.

saying to them, "Men, I perceive that the voyage is going {to end} with disaster and great loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives!" Verse ConceptsLossWeather ForecastsPossibility Of Deathsailing

{While} Samuel [was] sacrificing the burnt offering, [the] Philistines drew near for the battle against Israel. But Yahweh thundered against [the] Philistines with a great noise on that day and threw them into confusion so that they were defeated before Israel. Verse ConceptsConfusion, Examples OfdefeatThunderAnger Of God, Examples OfGod OvercomingThunder Expressing God's Judgment

And Moses stretched out his staff to the heavens, and Yahweh gave thunder and hail, and fire went [to the] earth, and Yahweh caused hail to rain on the land of Egypt. Verse ConceptsFamine, Causes OfThunderMiracles Of Moses And AaronHailFire From Heaven

He also handed their cattle over to the hail and their livestock to the lightning bolts. Verse ConceptsLightning

[The] east wind lifts him up, and he is gone, and it sweeps him away from his place. Verse ConceptsDeath Of The WickedSudden Death

Although he may flourish among reeds, [the] east wind will come, a wind of Yahweh rising from [the] desert; his fountain will dry up, his spring will be parched. It will plunder his treasury, every object of desire. Verse ConceptseastShepherds, As OccupationsTreasureOut Of The EastWaters Drying UpGod Dispensing WindFailing RiversTaking PossessionsFamineThe East Wind

And look! [Though] it is planted, will it prosper? {When the east wind strikes it}, will it not dry up completely? On the garden bed of its vegetation it will dry up!" '" Verse ConceptseastOut Of The EastPlants Growing UpThe East Wind

And when [you see] the south wind blowing, you say, 'There will be burning heat,' and it happens. Verse ConceptsHeatWindWeather ForecastsHot Weather

[You] whose garments [are] hot, when [the] earth is being still because of [the] south wind, Verse ConceptsFacing SouthHot Weather

And [when] a southwest wind began to blow gently, [because they] thought [they] could accomplish their purpose, they weighed anchor [and] sailed close along Crete. Verse ConceptsFacing South


but a stream [would] rise from the earth and water the whole face of the ground-- Verse ConceptsBefore The FloodMistThe EarthTaking Care Of The Earth

Awake, O north wind! Come, O south wind! Blow upon my garden! Let its fragrances waft forth! Let my beloved come to his garden, let him eat his choice fruit! Verse ConceptsHoly Spirit, Types OfSexual DesireawakeningThe North Wind

And Yahweh turned a very strong {west wind} and lifted up the locusts and thrust them into the {Red Sea}, and not one locust remained in all the territory of Egypt. Verse ConceptsSeaWestWindMiracles Of Moses And AaronOut Of The WestOther References To The Red Sea