Egypt.
The S.W. border of the promised land was to be from 'the river of Egypt.' Ge 15:18. Here the word is nahar, and would seem to allude to the most eastern branch of the Delta of the Nile, called the Pelusiac mouth. In Nu 34:5 'the river of Egypt' has the word nachal, signifying a winter torrent, and is supposed to refer to the Wady el Arish, 31 8' N, 33 50' E.
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I have given this land, From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:
'The border shall turn direction from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and its termination shall be at the sea.
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