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Light; the sun, (Gen. 41:45, 50), the great seat of sun-worship, called also Bethshemesh (Jer. 43:13) and Aven (Ezek. 30:17), stood on the east bank of the Nile, a few miles north of Memphis, and near Cairo, in the north-east. The Vulgate and the LXX. Versions have “Heliopolis” (“city of the sun”) instead of On in Genesis and of Aven in Ezekiel. The “city of destruction” Isaiah speaks of (19:18, marg. “of Heres;” Heb. ‘Ir-ha-heres, which some MSS. read Ir-ha-heres, i.e., “city of the sun”) may be the name given to On, the prophecy being that the time will come when that city which was known as the “city of the sun-god” shall become the “city of destruction” of the sun-god, i.e., when idolatry shall cease, and the worship of the true God be established.

In ancient times this city was full of obelisks dedicated to the sun. Of these only one now remains standing. “Cleopatra’s Needle” was one of those which stood in this city in front of the Temple of Tum, i.e., “the sun.” It is now erected on the Thames Embankment, London.

“It was at On that Joseph wooed and won the dark-skinned Asenath, the daughter of the high priest of its great temple.” This was a noted university town, and here Moses gained his acquaintance with “all the wisdom of the Egyptians.”

City

KJB,ESV = ‘On’

Recorded scripture occurrences (4)

References recorded in the source data; this is not an exhaustive list of mentions.

GEN 41:45: RV GEN 41:45 · LV GEN 41:45 · Read together GEN 41:45

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OET-RV GEN 41:45

45 Then Par’oh gave him the Mitsri (Egyptian) name ‘Tsofnat-Pa’neah’ (which means ‘the one who reveals secrets’), and he presented him with Esenat, the daughter of Poti-Fera the priest of On, as a wife. And Yosef travelled throughout the land of Mitsrayim.

OET-LV GEN 41:45

45 And_ Parˊoh _he/it _called the _name _of Yōşēf Zaphenath- Paneah and_he _gave to_him/it DOM ʼEşənat the _daughter _of Poti- phera the _priest _of On to/for_(a)_woman and_ Yōşēf _he/it _went _out over the _land _of Miʦrayim.

GEN 41:50: RV GEN 41:50 · LV GEN 41:50 · Read together GEN 41:50

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OET-RV GEN 41:50

50 Before the years of the famine came, Yosef had two sons that Esenat (the daughter of Poti-Fera, the priest of On) gave birth to.

OET-LV GEN 41:50

50 And_to_Yōşēf two _of sons it _was _born before_before the _year _of (the)_famine it _came whom she _bore for_him/it ʼEşənat the _daughter _of Poti- phera the _priest _of On.

GEN 46:20: RV GEN 46:20 · LV GEN 46:20 · Read together GEN 46:20

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OET-RV GEN 46:20

20 Yosef’s sons Menasheh (Manasseh) and Efrayim (Ephraim) were born in Mitsrayim (Egypt). Esenat, the daughter of Poti-Fera the priest of On, gave birth to them for Yosef.

OET-LV GEN 46:20

20 And_he/it _was _born to_Yōşēf in_land of _Miʦrayim/(Egypt) those_whom she _bore for_him/it ʼEşənat the _daughter _of Poti- phera the _priest _of On DOM Mənashsheh and_DOM ʼEfrayim.

GEN: all 3 recorded references

GEN 41:45: RV GEN 41:45 · LV GEN 41:45 · Read together GEN 41:45

GEN 41:50: RV GEN 41:50 · LV GEN 41:50 · Read together GEN 41:50

GEN 46:20: RV GEN 46:20 · LV GEN 46:20 · Read together GEN 46:20

EZE: all 1 recorded references

EZK 30:17: RV EZE 30:17 · LV EZE 30:17 · Read together EZE 30:17

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GEN: 3 tagged passages

GEN 41:45: אֹ֖ן

GEN 41:50: אֽוֹן

GEN 46:20: אֹ֑ן

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