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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(dark
blue
). The great
river
of
Egypt
, worshipped as a
god
, famous for its annual and fertilizing overflows and its many mouths. Name not mentioned in
scripture
, but alluded to as “the river” (
Gen. 41:1
1
And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. (Genesis 41:1)
;
Ex. 2:3; 7:21
3
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. (Exodus 2:3)
21
And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. (Exodus 7:21)
); “the river of Egypt” (
Gen. 15:18
18
In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: (Genesis 15:18)
); “flood of Egypt” (
Amos 8:8
8
Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. (Amos 8:8)
);
Sihor
, “
black
” (
Josh. 13:3
3
From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites: (Joshua 13:3)
); Shihor, “dark blue” (
1 Chron. 13:5
5
So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim. (1 Chronicles 13:5)
); Nachal of Egypt,” “river of
Cush
.”
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
See
RIVER
OF
EGYPT
.
From
Manners and Customs of the Bible
:
Exodus 7:21
21
And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. (Exodus 7:21)
. The
fish
that was in the
river
died; and the river stank, and the
Egyptians
could not drink of the water of the river.
The extent of this calamity will be seen when it is remembered that the waters of the
Nile
were to the Egyptians then, as now, the great source of dependence for drinking and for culinary purposes. The
spring
water is hard and unwholesome,
wells
are seldom found, and
rain
water cannot be collected because it hardly ever rains. The inhabitants are therefore driven to the river, which all travelers agree in saying furnishes as sweet and wholesome water as can be found in
the world
. It is at first very thick and muddy, but can be readily filtered. The Egyptians say that “Nile-water is as sweet as
honey
and sugar.” Great indeed must have been the misfortune when this universal supply of one of the greatest necessaries of
life
was cut off.
Related Books and Articles:
114. Nile Water
From:
Manners and Customs of the Bible
By:
James M. Freeman
Egypt Time of Exodus
From:
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