## Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? ##

AT: "The Arbanah and the Pharpar Rivers, in my home country of Damascus, are much better than any of the rivers of Israel! (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

## Abanah and Pharpar ##

(See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

## Can I not bathe in them and be clean? ##

AT: "I should have just bathed in them and been healed!" Or, AT: "I could have bathed in them and been healed!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])