Rivers & Seas

Nile

The principal river of Egypt; in Genesis 41 Pharaoh dreams of standing by the Nile as seven sleek cows and seven lean cows come up from its waters.

Category

Rivers & Seas

First mention

Genesis 41:1

Tags

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Genesis 41ExodusRiver

Scripture references

  • Genesis 41:1

    Two years later it happened that Pharaoh had a dream: there he was, standing by the Nile,

  • Genesis 41:2

    and there, coming up from the Nile, were seven cows, sleek and fat, and they began to feed among the rushes.

  • Genesis 41:17

    So Pharaoh told Joseph, 'In my dream there I was, standing on the bank of the Nile.

  • Exodus 1:22

    Then Pharaoh gave this order ... throw every newborn Hebrew boy into the Nile...