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Brook of Egypt

Brook of Egypt (Biblical Place • 31.032°N, 33.855°E): river: now Wadi al Arish; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brook_of_Egypt. Referenced in Num 34:5 , Josh 15:4 , Josh 15:47 , 1 Kgs 8:65 , 2 Kgs 24:7 . It is closely linked with Shihor (Biblical Place • Brook of Egypt • 31.032°N, 33.855°E): ?; river. Referenced in Josh 13:3 , Isa 23:3 .

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Brook of Egypt (river: now Wadi al Arish; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brook_of_Egypt. Referenced in Num 34:5 , Josh 15:4 , Josh 15:47 , 1 Kgs 8:65 , 2 Kgs 24:7 .) Shihor (?; river. Referenced in Josh 13:3 , Isa 23:3 .) Sea of Egypt (water. Referenced in Isa 11:15 .) Egypt's (Ancient biblical location referenced in Isa 19:6 , Isa 30:7 , Ezek 30:9 (identified with On).)

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Isaiah 19:7 : "The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more."; Isaiah 19:6 : "And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither."; Job 6:15 : "My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;". Related canonical books and chapters: Isaiah 19 ( Isaiah • Chapter 19 (25 verses)), Genesis 40 ( Genesis • Chapter 40 (23 verses)), Genesis 41 ( Genesis • Chapter 41 (57 verses)).

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Topics, People & Places (36)

Brook of Egypt
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Biblical Place • 31.032°N, 33.855°E

river: now Wadi al Arish; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brook_of_Egypt. Referenced in Num 34:5 , Josh 15:4 , Josh 15:47 , 1 Kgs 8:65 , 2 Kgs 24:7 .

Shihor
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Biblical Place • Brook of Egypt • 31.032°N, 33.855°E

?; river. Referenced in Josh 13:3 , Isa 23:3 .

Isaiah 19
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Isaiah • Chapter 19 (25 verses)

The burden of Egypt . Behold, the Lord rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt : and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it. And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every ... Mentions: Judah , Canaan , Jacob/Israel , Egypt, Zoan , Memphis , Assyria .

Sea of Egypt
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Biblical Place • Red Sea • 27.088°N, 34.772°E

water. Referenced in Isa 11:15 .

Egypt's
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Biblical Place • On • 30.108°N, 31.338°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Isa 19:6 , Isa 30:7 , Ezek 30:9 (identified with On).

Egypt
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Biblical Place • On • 30.108°N, 31.338°E

region. Referenced in Gen 12:10 , Gen 12:11 , Gen 12:14 , Gen 13:1 , Gen 13:10 .

Brook of the Arabah
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Biblical Place • Hamath • 35.136°N, 36.749°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Amos 6:14 (identified with Hamath ).

Brook of the Willows
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Biblical Place • Jordan Valley • 32.309°N, 35.560°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Isa 15:7 (identified with Jordan Valley ).

Gustave Doré — Joseph Sold into Egypt by His Brothers (1866)
IMAGE • artwork

The sons of Jacob casting young Joseph into the cistern and negotiating twenty pieces of silver.

Gustave Doré / La Grande Bible de Tours • La Grande Bible de Tours (1866) Public Domain Mark 1.0
Map of the United Monarchy (David & Solomon)
IMAGE • maps

The maximum territorial extent of the Kingdom of Israel from the Euphrates River to the Brook of Egypt (c. 1000–930 BCE).

George Adam Smith (1915) • Atlas of the Historical Geography of the Holy Land / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Genesis 40
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Genesis • Chapter 40 (23 verses)

And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt . And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. And he put them in ward ... Mentions: Joseph , Egypt.

Genesis 41
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Genesis • Chapter 41 (57 verses)

And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow. And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the r... Mentions: Joseph , Manasseh , Ephraim , Egypt .

Jeremiah 46
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Jeremiah • Chapter 46 (28 verses)

The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles; Against Egypt , against the army of Pharaoh–neco king of Egypt , which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish , which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josia... Mentions: Jehoiakim (or Eliakim), Josiah , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Egypt, Euphrates , Carchemish , Babylon , Gilead .

Ezekiel 29
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Ezekiel • Chapter 29 (21 verses)

In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt , and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt : Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am agains... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Egypt, Syene , Ethiopia , Pathros , Babylon .

2 Kings 23
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2 Kings • Chapter 23 (37 verses)

And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem . And the king went up into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and g... Mentions: Judah, Hilkiah , Baal , Joshua , Nathan , Jerusalem, Kidron , Geba 1 , Topheth .

Genesis 45
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Genesis • Chapter 45 (28 verses)

Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. And J... Mentions: Joseph, Benjamin , Canaan , Jacob/Israel , Egypt , Goshen 1 .

Exodus 1
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Exodus • Chapter 1 (22 verses)

Now these are the names of the children of Israel , which came into Egypt ; every man and his household came with Jacob . Reuben , Simeon , Levi , and Judah , Issachar , Zebulun , and Benjamin , Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Reuben , Simeon , Levi , Judah , Egypt , Dan , Pithom , Rameses .

Genesis 39
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Genesis • Chapter 39 (23 verses)

And Joseph was brought down to Egypt ; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmaelites, which had brought him down thither. And the Lord was with Joseph , and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his ... Mentions: Joseph, Egypt .

Deuteronomy 11
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Deuteronomy • Chapter 11 (32 verses)

Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway. And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the Lord your God, his gre... Mentions: Eliab , Reuben , Jacob/Israel , Egypt , Lebanon , Euphrates , Jordan , Gilgal 1 .

Genesis 42
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Genesis • Chapter 42 (38 verses)

Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt , Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt : get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die. And Joseph 's ten brethren we... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Joseph , Benjamin , Canaan , Reuben , Egypt.

1 Samuel 30
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1 Samuel • Chapter 30 (31 verses)

And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag , and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but... Mentions: David , Amalekites , Abigail , Judah , Caleb , Ziklag, Besor , Egypt , Ramoth 3 , Jattir .

Deuteronomy 8
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Deuteronomy • Chapter 8 (20 verses)

All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers. And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wildernes... Mentions: Egypt .

Elephantine Passover Papyrus — Jewish Colony in Egypt (419 BCE)
IMAGE • archaeology

Aramaic letter instructing the Jewish garrison at Elephantine on the observance of the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Exodus 14
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Exodus • Chapter 14 (31 verses)

And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying, Speak unto the children of Israel , that they turn and encamp before Pi–hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal –zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea. For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel , They are entangled i... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel, Baal , Migdol , Egypt .

Psalms 114
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Psalms • Chapter 114 (8 verses)

When Israel went out of Egypt , the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Judah , Egypt , Jordan .

Genesis 43
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Genesis • Chapter 43 (34 verses)

And the famine was sore in the land. And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt , their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food. And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not... Mentions: Judah , Jacob/Israel , Benjamin , Joseph , Simeon , Egypt .

Exodus 11
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Exodus • Chapter 11 (10 verses)

And the Lord said unto Moses , Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt ; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether. Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighb... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Aaron , Egypt .

Genesis 47
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Genesis • Chapter 47 (31 verses)

Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan ; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen . And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them ... Mentions: Joseph , Canaan , Jacob/Israel , Goshen 1 , Egypt , Rameses .

Acts 7
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Acts • Chapter 7 (60 verses)

Then said the high priest , Are these things so? And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham , when he was in Mesopotamia , before he dwelt in Charran, And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and c... Mentions: Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Jacob/Israel , Joseph , Canaan , Mesopotamia , Egypt , Sinai , Babylon .

Exodus 7
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Exodus • Chapter 7 (25 verses)

And the Lord said unto Moses , See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land. And I will harden Phara... Mentions: Moses , Aaron, Jacob/Israel , Egypt .

Exodus 8
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Exodus • Chapter 8 (32 verses)

And the Lord spake unto Moses , Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me. And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs: And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up... Mentions: Moses , Aaron , Egypt , Goshen 1 .

2 Kings 24
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2 Kings • Chapter 24 (20 verses)

In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him. And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites , and bands of the children of Ammon ... Mentions: Jehoiakim (or Eliakim), Moabites , Ammon , Judah , Manasseh , Babylon , Jerusalem , Egypt , Euphrates .

Genesis 50
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Genesis • Chapter 50 (26 verses)

And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel . And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: ... Mentions: Joseph, Jacob/Israel , Canaan , Abel , Abram/Abraham , Egypt , Goshen 1 , Atad , Jordan .

Memphis
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Biblical Place • 29.850°N, 31.254°E

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis%2C_Egypt. Referenced in Isa 19:13 , Jer 2:16 , Jer 44:1 , Jer 46:14 , Jer 46:19 .

Exodus 9
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Exodus • Chapter 9 (35 verses)

Then the Lord said unto Moses , Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews , Let my people go, that they may serve me. For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle which is in the field, u... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Aaron , Egypt , Goshen 1 .

Exodus
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Old Testament • 40 Chapters

Exodus (Old Testament, 40 chapters). Key figures: Jacob/Israel , Reuben , Simeon , Levi , Judah , Issachar . Key places: Egypt , Dan , Pithom , Rameses , Midian , Horeb . Opens with: "Now these are the names of the children of Israel , which came into Egypt ; every man and his household came with Jacob...."

Scripture Passages (24)

Isaiah 19:7 (KJV)
Isaiah 19 KJV

The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.

Isaiah 19:6 (KJV)
Isaiah 19 KJV

And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;

Isaiah 19:8 (KJV)
Isaiah 19 KJV

The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.

Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered . And we went over the brook Zered .

Hurai of the brooks of Gaash , Abiel the Arbathite,

Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash ,

He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.

The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.

As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.

And he brought out the grove from the house of the Lord, without Jerusalem , unto the brook Kidron , and burned it at the brook Kidron , and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.

Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kishon :

Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith , that is before Jordan .

Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.

And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab .

And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.

And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

So he went and did according unto the word of the Lord: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith , that is before Jordan .

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