Names of egypt in Biblical History

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What are the Names of Egypt?
        NAMES OF EGYPT
        In Hebrew, Egypt is called Mizraim, a dual form of the word, indicating the two divisions, Upper and
         Lower Egypt, or (as Tayler Lewis suggests) the two strips on the two sides of the Nile. It is also known as the
         Land of Ham, Ps 105:23, Gen 1:27, and Rahab, ("the proud one"). Ps 89:10; Ps 87:4; Isa 51:9. The Coptic and
         older title is Kemi, or Chemi, meaning "black," from the dark color of the soil. The name "Egypt" first occurs
         in its Greek form in Homer, and is applied to the Nile and to the country, but afterward it is used for the
         country only.

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