I will make mention of [a]Rahab and Babel among them that know me: behold Palestine and Tyre with Ethiopia, [b]There is he born.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 87:4 That is, Egypt and these other countries shall come to the knowledge of God.
  2. Psalm 87:4 It shall be said of him that is regenerate and come to the Church, that he is as one that was born in the Church.

“I will record Rahab[a](A) and Babylon
    among those who acknowledge me—
Philistia(B) too, and Tyre(C), along with Cush[b]
    and will say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”[c](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 87:4 A poetic name for Egypt
  2. Psalm 87:4 That is, the upper Nile region
  3. Psalm 87:4 Or “I will record concerning those who acknowledge me: / ‘This one was born in Zion.’ / Hear this, Rahab and Babylon, / and you too, Philistia, Tyre and Cush.”