Nevertheless, the fact remains, as confirmed by Biblical records, that the land the Israelites inherited was indeed “a good land,... out of the mountains of which [they would] mine copper. ” ​ — Deuteronomy 8: 7 - 9.
من جبالها [استخرجوا] نحاسا » .‏ —‏ تثنية ٨ :‏ ​ ٧ -‏ ٩‏ .‏