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1:20<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n And the captivity of this host of the children of Yisrael, that are among the Kena\u2019anites, even unto Tzarfat, and the captivity of Yerushalayim, that is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the South. Where is Tzarfat? Tzarfat is the Hebrew word for \u201cFrance\u201d. In fact, if you were reading a newspaper in Israel today, and it referred to France, the word used would be \u201cTzarfat\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In fact Rashi\u2019s commentary to Ob. 1:20 says: \u201cTzarfat is the kingdom of France.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gauls had migrated from an area just north of the Assyrian Empire across Europe to the area we know today as France. The land we know today as France was Gaul. In fact the \u201cDeGaulle\u201d in Charles DeGaulle (the French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II) means \u201cof Gaul\u201d. These Gauls were also known as Celts\u2026 they migrated across the English channel into the Brittish isles\u2026 thus the Celts spoke \u201cGealic\u201d. These \u201cGauls\u201d were GAL-aeens who had been exiled by the Assyrians to the land north of Assyria, As they passed through the area known now as Turkey they created a colony there called GAL-atia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
(Ovadyah 1:20)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n