Nile River in Easton's Bible Dictionary
dark; blue, not found in Scripture, but frequently referred to
in the Old Testament under the name of Sihor, i.e.,
"the black
stream" (Isa. 23:3; Jer. 2:18) or simply "the river"
(Gen. 41:1;
Ex. 1:22, etc.) and the "flood of Egypt" (Amos 8:8).
It consists
of two rivers, the White Nile, which takes its rise in
the
Victoria Nyanza, and the Blue Nile, which rises in the
Abyssinian Mountains. These unite at the town of
Khartoum,
whence it pursues its course for 1,800 miles, and
falls into the
Mediterranean through its two branches, into which it
is divided
a few miles north of Cairo, the Rosetta and the
Damietta branch.
(See EGYPT -T0001137.)
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