However, concerning the lands east of the Jordan, The Historical Geography of the Holy Land, by George Adam Smith, says: “[They] all roll off, with almost no intervening barrier, upon the great Arabian plateau.
Akan tetapi, mengenai negeri - negeri di sebelah timur Yordan, buku The Historical Geography of the Holy Land (Sejarah Geografi Tanah Suci), karya George Adam Smith, mengatakan, ” [Negeri - negeri] itu semuanya datar dan terbentang, nyaris tanpa perintang, di plato besar Arab.