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Brook of Egypt is the name used in certain English translations of the Bible for the Hebrew Nachal Mitzrayim ("River of Egypt") used for the river defining the westernmost border of the Land of Israel .1It has commonly been identified with Wadi El-Arish but modern scholars identify it with the Pelusian arm of the Nile - a no longer extant branch of the Nile lying on the border of Ancient Egypt .2
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The Brook of Egypt is the name used in some English translations of the Bible for the Hebrew Nachal Mitzrayim ("River of Egypt") used for the river defining the westernmost border of the Land of Israel . Popular Bible commentaries identify it with Wadi El-Arish although the identification is problematic . Early Aramaic translations and Jewish commentaries identify it with the Pelusian arm of the Nile —a no longer extant branch of the Nile lying on the border of Ancient Egypt . The Besor has also been proposed as an identification.
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The Brook of Egypt is the name used in some English translations of the Bible for the Hebrew Nachal Mitzrayim ("River of Egypt") used for the river defining the westernmost border of the Land of Israel . Popular Bible commentaries identify it with Wadi El-Arish although the identification is problematic. Early Aramaic translations and Jewish commentaries identify it with the Nile or more precisely the Pelusian arm of the Nile — a no longer extant branch of the Nile lying on the border of Ancient Egypt . Modern archaeological surveys have shown that the course of the Nile changed over time and that the Nachal Mitzrayim was an ancient easternmost branch of the Nile whose course differed from that of the later Pelusian branch.The related phrase is Nahar Mitzrayim , used in Genesis 15:18.This also means "river of Egypt", and is generally recognized as referring to the Nile , or its eastern branch (2 Chr. 9:26).
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The Brook of Egypt is the name used in some English translations of the Bible for the Hebrew Naḥal Mizraim ("River of Egypt") used for the river defining the westernmost border of the Land of Israel . Most scholars identify it with Wadi El-Arish an epiphemeral river pouring at the Mediterranean sea near the city of Arish .A related phrase is Nahar Mizraim , used in Genesis 15:18.
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The Besor stream ( Nahal HaBesor ) and nearby streams, with the Bronze and Early Iron Age sites and modern towns of the area.Brook of Egypt is the name used in some English translations of the Bible (e.g., JPS 1917 , NKJV , NLT ) for the Hebrew נַחַל מִצְרַיִם , naḥal mizraim (" Wadi of Egypt" NRSV ), a river (bed) forming the southernmost border of the Land of Israel .A number of scholars in the past identified it with Wadi el-Arish [ fr ] , an epiphemeral river flowing into the Mediterranean sea near the Egyptian city of Arish , while other scholars, including Israeli archaeologist Nadav Na'aman and the Italian Mario Liverani believe that the Besor stream , just to the south of Gaza , is the "Brook of Egypt" referenced in the Bible.A related phrase is nahar mizraim ("river of Egypt"), used in Genesis 15:18 .
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Biblical river The Besor stream ( Nahal HaBesor ) and nearby streams, with the Bronze and Early Iron Age sites and modern towns of the area. The Brook of Egypt ( Hebrew : נַחַל מִצְרַיִם , romanized : naḥal mitzrayim , lit. ' wadi of Egypt ' ) is a wadi identified in the Hebrew Bible as forming the southernmost border of the Land of Israel . A number of scholars in the past identified it with Wadi al-Arish , an ephemeral river flowing into the Mediterranean sea near the Egyptian city of Arish , while other scholars, including Israeli archaeologist Nadav Na'aman and the Italian Mario Liverani believe that the Besor stream , just to the south of Gaza , is the landform referenced in the Bible. A related phrase is nahar mitzrayim ('river of Egypt'), used in Genesis 15:18 .The name Brook of Egypt is used in some English translations of the Bible (e.g., JPS 1917 , NKJV , NLT ).
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name used in certain english translations of the bible for the hebrew nachal mitzrayim
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wadi identified in the hebrew bible as forming the southernmost border of the land of israel
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