Dict: easton - River of Egypt

easton:

River of Egypt @

(1.) Heb. nahar mitsraim, denotes in kjv@Genesis:15:18 the Nile, or its eastern branch ( kjv@2Chronicals:9:26).

(2.) In kjv@Numbers:34:5 (R.V., "brook of Egypt") the Hebrew word is nahal, denoting a stream flowing rapidly in winter, or in the rainy season. This is a desert stream on the borders of Egypt. It is now called the Wady el-'Arish. The present boundary between Egypt and Palestine is about midway between this wady and Gaza. (
See kjv@Numbers:34:5; kjv@Joshua:15:4 kjv@Joshua:15:47 kjvKings:8:65; kjv@2Kings:24:7; kjv@Isaiah:27:12; kjv@Ezekiel:47:19. In all these passages the R.V. has "brook" and the A.V. "river.")