![]() For the first 1800 miles (McClintock and Strong say 2300) from its mouth it receives no tributary but at Kartoom, the capital of Nubia, is the junction of the two great branches, the White Nile and the Blue Nile, so called from the color of the clay which tinges their waters. ![]() (The course of the river has been traced for 3300 miles. It has been traced upward for about 2700 miles, measured by its course, not in a direct line, and its extent is probably over 1000 miles more. There is scarcely a doubt that its largest confluent is fed by the great lakes on and south of the equator. The word Nile nowhere occurs in the Authorized Version but it is spoken of under the names of Sihor and the "river of Egypt." ( Genesis 15:18 ) We cannot as yet determine the length of the Nile, although recent discoveries have narrowed the question. ( blue, dark ), the great river of Egypt. indicates this entry was also found in Smith's Bible DictionaryĮaston, Matthew George. indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, 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. 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. Dark blue, not found in Scripture, but frequently referred to in the Old Testament under the name of Sihor, i.e., "the black stream" ( Isaiah 23:3 Jeremiah 2:18 ) or simply "the river" ( Genesis 41:1 Exodus 1:22, etc.) and the "flood of Egypt" ( Amos 8:8 ).
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