'Far Country' in the Bible

And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.