Egypt

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127 sections

A Small Stream Flowing Into the Mediterranean Sea
As a Power Was: Ambitious of Conquests
As a Power Was: Mighty
As a Power Was: Pompous
As a Power Was: Proud and Arrogant
As a Power Was: Treacherous
Boundaries of
Called: House of Bondmen
Called: Rahab
Called: Sihor
Called: The Land of Ham
Called: The South
Celebrated For: Commerce
Celebrated For: Fertility
Celebrated For: Fine Horses
Celebrated For: Fine Linen
Celebrated For: Literature
Celebrated For: Wealth
Diet Used In
Dry Climate of
had Princes and Counsellors
Idolatry of, Followed by Israel
Inhabitants of Abhorred Shepherds
Inhabitants of Abhorred the Sacrifice of Oxen
Inhabitants of Hospitable
Inhabitants of Might be Received Into the Congregation in the Third
Inhabitants of not to be Abhorred by Israel
Inhabitants of Often Intermarried with Strangers
Inhabitants of Superstitious
Inundations of, Alluded To
Israel in Benjamin Brought
Israel in Date of the Exodus
Israel in Destruction of the First-Born
Israel in Egypt is Plagued for Pharaoh's Obstinacy
Israel in Israel Driven out of
Israel in Israel Increases and are Oppressed
Israel in Israel Placed in the Land of Goshen
Israel in Israel Spoils the Egyptians
Israel in Jacob Presented to Pharaoh
Israel in Jacob's Death and Burial
Israel in Jacob's Journey
Israel in Joseph Counsels Pharaoh
Israel in Joseph Enriches the King
Israel in Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dreams
Israel in Joseph Interprets the Chief Baker's and the Chief Butler's
Israel in Joseph Made Governor
Israel in Joseph Makes Himself Known to his Brethren
Israel in Joseph Recognizes his Brethren
Israel in Joseph Sends for his Father
Israel in Joseph Sold Into
Israel in Joseph Unjustly Cast Into Prison
Israel in Joseph's Successful Provision Against the Years of Famine
Israel in Joseph's Ten Brethren Arrive
Israel in Male Children Destroyed
Israel in Moses Adopted and Brought up by Pharaoh's Daughter
Israel in Moses Born and Hid for Three Months
Israel in Moses Exposed on the Nile
Israel in Moses Flies to Midian
Israel in Moses Proves his Divine Mission by Miracles
Israel in Moses Sent to Pharaoh
Israel in Moses Slays an Egyptian
Israel in Pharaoh Increases Their Affliction
Israel in Pharaoh Invites Jacob Into
Israel in Pharaoh Pursues Israel and is Miraculously Destroyed
Israel in Potiphar Blessed for Joseph's Sake
Israel in The Passover Instituted
Israel in Their Sojourn in It, Foretold
Magic Practised In
Mode of Embalming In
Mode of Entertaining In
Often a Refuge to Strangers
Peopled by Mizraim's Posterity
Prophecies Respecting: Allies to Share Its Misfortunes
Prophecies Respecting: Armies Destroyed by Babylon
Prophecies Respecting: Captivity of Its People
Prophecies Respecting: Christ to be Called out of
Prophecies Respecting: Civil War and Domestic Strife
Prophecies Respecting: Conversion of
Prophecies Respecting: Destruction of Its Cities
Prophecies Respecting: Destruction of Its Idols
Prophecies Respecting: Destruction of Its Power
Prophecies Respecting: Dismay of Its Inhabitants
Prophecies Respecting: Ever to be a Base Kingdom
Prophecies Respecting: Failure of Internal Resources
Prophecies Respecting: Infatuation of Its Princes
Prophecies Respecting: Invasion by Babylon
Prophecies Respecting: Prophetic Illustration of Its Destruction
Prophecies Respecting: Spoil of, a Reward to Babylon for Services Against Tyre
Prophecies Respecting: Terror Occasioned by Its Fall
Prophecies Respecting: The Jews Who Practised Its Idolatry to Share Its
Prophecies Respecting: To be Numbered and Blessed Along with Israel
Prophecies Respecting: Utter Desolation of, for Forty Years
Religion of, Idolatrous
Ruled by Kings Who Assumed the Name of Pharaoh
Sometimes Visited by Famine
Subject to Plague
The Armies of Assistance of, Sought by Judah Against the Chaldees
The Armies of Besieged and Plundered Jerusalem in Rehoboam's Time
The Armies of Captured and Burned Gezer
The Armies of Deposed Jehoahaz and Made Judea Tributary
The Armies of Described
The Armies of Destroyed in the Red Sea
The Armies of Invaded Assyria and Killed Josiah Who Assisted It
The Country of: Abraham Lives In
The Country of: Armies of
The Country of: Army of Destroyed in the Red Sea
The Country of: Called Rahab
The Country of: Civil War In
The Country of: Exports of
The Country of: Famine In
The Country of: Fertility of
The Country of: Idols of
The Country of: Imports of
The Country of: Irrigation Employed In
The Country of: Joseph Takes Jesus To
The Country of: Land of Ham
The Country of: Limits of
The Country of: Magi of
The Country of: of Horses
The Country of: Overflowed by the Nile River
The Country of: Priests of
The Country of: Productions of
The Country of: Prophecies Against
The Country of: Symbolical
The Country of: The King Acquires Title to Land of
Under a Governor
Watered by the Nile

A Small Stream Flowing Into the Mediterranean Sea

Genesis 15:18 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land — from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates —
Numbers 34:5 where it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea.
Joshua 13:3 from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)— that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;
Joshua 15:4 It proceeded to Azmon, joined the Brook of Egypt, and ended at the Sea. This was their southern border.
Joshua 15:47 Ashdod, with its towns and villages; Gaza, with its towns and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and the coastline of the Great Sea.
1 Kings 8:65 So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him— a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt— kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days— fourteen days in all.
2 Kings 24:7 Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.
Isaiah 27:12 In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.
Ezekiel 47:19 On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, and along the Brook of Egypt to the Great Sea. This will be the southern boundary.
Ezekiel 48:28 The southern border of Gad will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then along the Brook of Egypt and out to the Great Sea.

As a Power Was: Ambitious of Conquests

Jeremiah 46:8 Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters churn like rivers, boasting, ‘I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy the cities and their people.’

As a Power Was: Mighty

Isaiah 30:2–3 They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade. …

As a Power Was: Pompous

Ezekiel 32:12 I will make your hordes fall by the swords of the mighty, the most ruthless of all nations. They will ravage the pride of Egypt and all her multitudes will be destroyed.

As a Power Was: Proud and Arrogant

Ezekiel 29:3 Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’
Ezekiel 30:6 For this is what the LORD says: The allies of Egypt will fall, and her proud strength will collapse. From Migdol to Syene they will fall by the sword within her, declares the Lord GOD.

As a Power Was: Treacherous

Isaiah 36:6 Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
Isaiah 29:6–7 you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire. …

Boundaries of

Ezekiel 29:10 therefore I am against you and against your rivers. I will turn the land of Egypt into a ruin, a desolate wasteland from Migdol to Syene, and as far as the border of Cush.

Called: House of Bondmen

Exodus 13:3 So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.
Exodus 13:14 In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Deuteronomy 7:8 But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Called: Rahab

Psalm 87:4 “I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me — along with Philistia, Tyre, and Cush — when I say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”
Psalm 89:10 You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

Called: Sihor

Isaiah 23:3 On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.

Called: The Land of Ham

Psalm 105:23 Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
Psalm 106:22 wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

Called: The South

Jeremiah 13:19 The cities of the Negev have been shut tight, and no one can open them. All Judah has been carried into exile, wholly taken captive.
Daniel 11:14 In those times many will rise up against the king of the South. Violent ones among your own people will exalt themselves in fulfillment of the vision, but they will fail.
Daniel 11:25 And with a large army he will stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South, who will mobilize a very large and powerful army but will not withstand the plots devised against him.

Celebrated For: Commerce

Genesis 41:57 And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.
Ezekiel 27:7 Of embroidered fine linen from Egypt they made your sail, which served as your banner. Of blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah they made your awning.

Celebrated For: Fertility

Genesis 13:10 And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Genesis 45:18 Then bring your father and your families and return to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat from the fat of the land.’

Celebrated For: Fine Horses

1 Kings 10:28–29 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue. …

Celebrated For: Fine Linen

Proverbs 7:16 I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.
Isaiah 19:9 The workers in flax will be dismayed, and the weavers of fine linen will turn pale.

Celebrated For: Literature

1 Kings 4:30 Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.
Acts 7:22 So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.

Celebrated For: Wealth

Hebrews 11:26 He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.

Diet Used In

Numbers 11:5 We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.

Dry Climate of

Deuteronomy 11:10–11 For the land that you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated on foot, like a vegetable garden. …

had Princes and Counsellors

Genesis 12:15 When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.
Isaiah 19:11 The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?

Idolatry of, Followed by Israel

Exodus 32:4 He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
Ezekiel 20:8 But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against …
Ezekiel 20:19 I am the LORD your God; walk in My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them.

Inhabitants of Abhorred Shepherds

Genesis 46:34 you are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth — both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”

Inhabitants of Abhorred the Sacrifice of Oxen

Exodus 8:26 But Moses replied, “It would not be right to do that, because the sacrifices we offer to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are detestable before the Egyptians, will they not stone us?

Inhabitants of Hospitable

Genesis 47:5–6 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have come to you, …
1 Kings 11:18 Hadad and his men set out from Midian and went to Paran. They took men from Paran with them and went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house and land and provided him with food.

Inhabitants of Might be Received Into the Congregation in the Third

Deuteronomy 23:8 The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.

Inhabitants of not to be Abhorred by Israel

Deuteronomy 23:7 Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.

Inhabitants of Often Intermarried with Strangers

Genesis 21:21 And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
1 Kings 3:1 Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem.
1 Kings 11:19 There Hadad found such great favor in the sight of Pharaoh that he gave to him in marriage the sister of Queen Tahpenes, his own wife.
1 Chronicles 2:34–35 Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters. He also had an Egyptian servant named Jarha. …

Inhabitants of Superstitious

Isaiah 19:3 Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.

Inundations of, Alluded To

Amos 8:8 Will not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.

Israel in Benjamin Brought

Genesis 43:15 So the men took these gifts, along with double the amount of silver, and Benjamin as well. Then they hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.

Israel in Date of the Exodus

Exodus 12:41 At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.
Hebrews 11:27 By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.

Israel in Destruction of the First-Born

Exodus 12:29–30 Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock. …

Israel in Egypt is Plagued for Pharaoh's Obstinacy

Exodus 7:14 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go.

Israel in Israel Driven out of

Exodus 12:31–33 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested. …

Israel in Israel Increases and are Oppressed

Exodus 1:1–14 These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family: …

Israel in Israel Placed in the Land of Goshen

Genesis 46:34 you are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth — both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”
Genesis 47:11 So Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
Genesis 47:27 Now the Israelites settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and became fruitful and increased greatly in number.

Israel in Israel Spoils the Egyptians

Exodus 12:35–36 Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing. …

Israel in Jacob Presented to Pharaoh

Genesis 47:1–10 So Joseph went and told Pharaoh: “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.” …

Israel in Jacob's Death and Burial

Genesis 49:33 When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.
Genesis 50:1–13 Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him. …

Israel in Jacob's Journey

Genesis 46:5–7 Then Jacob departed from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along with their children and wives. …

Israel in Joseph Counsels Pharaoh

Genesis 41:33–36 Now, therefore, Pharaoh should look for a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt. …

Israel in Joseph Enriches the King

Genesis 47:13–26 There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine. …

Israel in Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dreams

Genesis 41:14–32 So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the dungeon. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh. …

Israel in Joseph Interprets the Chief Baker's and the Chief Butler's

Genesis 40:5–19 both of these men — the Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker, who were being held in the prison — had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning. …

Israel in Joseph Made Governor

Genesis 41:41–44 Pharaoh also told Joseph, “I hereby place you over all the land of Egypt.” …

Israel in Joseph Makes Himself Known to his Brethren

Genesis 45:1–8 Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers. …

Israel in Joseph Recognizes his Brethren

Genesis 42:7–8 And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.” …

Israel in Joseph Sends for his Father

Genesis 45:9–11 Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay. …

Israel in Joseph Sold Into

Genesis 37:28 So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
Genesis 39:1 Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.

Israel in Joseph Unjustly Cast Into Prison

Genesis 39:7–20 and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.” …

Israel in Joseph's Successful Provision Against the Years of Famine

Genesis 41:46–56 Now Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph left Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout the land of Egypt. …

Israel in Joseph's Ten Brethren Arrive

Genesis 42:1–6 When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?” …

Israel in Male Children Destroyed

Exodus 1:15–22 Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah, …

Israel in Moses Adopted and Brought up by Pharaoh's Daughter

Exodus 2:5–10 Soon the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the Nile, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. And when she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maidservant to retrieve it. …

Israel in Moses Born and Hid for Three Months

Exodus 2:2 and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.

Israel in Moses Exposed on the Nile

Exodus 2:3–4 But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. …

Israel in Moses Flies to Midian

Exodus 2:15 When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.

Israel in Moses Proves his Divine Mission by Miracles

Exodus 4:29–31 Then Moses and Aaron went and assembled all the elders of the Israelites, …
Exodus 7:10 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.

Israel in Moses Sent to Pharaoh

Exodus 3:2–10 There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed. …

Israel in Moses Slays an Egyptian

Exodus 2:11–12 One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people. …

Israel in Pharaoh Increases Their Affliction

Exodus 5:1–23 After that, Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.’” …

Israel in Pharaoh Invites Jacob Into

Genesis 45:16–20 When the news reached Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased. …

Israel in Pharaoh Pursues Israel and is Miraculously Destroyed

Exodus 14:5–25 When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.” …

Israel in Potiphar Blessed for Joseph's Sake

Genesis 39:2–6 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master. …

Israel in The Passover Instituted

Exodus 12:1–28 Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, …

Israel in Their Sojourn in It, Foretold

Genesis 15:13 Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

Magic Practised In

Exodus 7:11–12 But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts. …
Exodus 7:22 But the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their magic arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
Exodus 8:7 But the magicians did the same thing by their magic arts, and they also brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.

Mode of Embalming In

Genesis 50:3 taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

Mode of Entertaining In

Genesis 43:32–34 They separately served Joseph, his brothers, and the Egyptians. They ate separately because the Egyptians would not eat with the Hebrews, since that was detestable to them. …

Often a Refuge to Strangers

Genesis 12:10 Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
Genesis 47:4 Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to …
1 Kings 11:17 But Hadad, still just a young boy, had fled to Egypt, along with some Edomites who were servants of his father.
1 Kings 11:40 Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon.
2 Kings 25:26 Then all the people small and great, together with the commanders of the army, arose and fled to Egypt for fear of the Chaldeans.
Matthew 2:12–13 And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route. …

Peopled by Mizraim's Posterity

Genesis 10:6 The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Genesis 10:13–14 Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites, …

Prophecies Respecting: Allies to Share Its Misfortunes

Ezekiel 30:4 A sword will come against Egypt, and there will be anguish in Cush when the slain fall in Egypt, its wealth is taken away, and its foundations are torn down.
Ezekiel 30:6 For this is what the LORD says: The allies of Egypt will fall, and her proud strength will collapse. From Migdol to Syene they will fall by the sword within her, declares the Lord GOD.

Prophecies Respecting: Armies Destroyed by Babylon

Jeremiah 46:2–12 concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah: …

Prophecies Respecting: Captivity of Its People

Isaiah 20:4 so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks— to Egypt’s shame.
Jeremiah 46:19 Pack your bags for exile, O daughter dwelling in Egypt! For Memphis will be laid waste, destroyed and uninhabited.
Jeremiah 46:24 The Daughter of Egypt will be put to shame; she will be delivered into the hands of the people of the north.”
Jeremiah 46:26 I will deliver them into the hands of those who seek their lives— of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this, Egypt will be inhabited as in days of old, declares the LORD.
Ezekiel 30:4 A sword will come against Egypt, and there will be anguish in Cush when the slain fall in Egypt, its wealth is taken away, and its foundations are torn down.

Prophecies Respecting: Christ to be Called out of

Hosea 11:1 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.
Matthew 2:15 where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”

Prophecies Respecting: Civil War and Domestic Strife

Isaiah 19:2 “So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

Prophecies Respecting: Conversion of

Isaiah 19:18–20 In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of Hosts. One of them will be called the City of the Sun. …

Prophecies Respecting: Destruction of Its Cities

Ezekiel 30:14–18 I will lay waste Pathros, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgment on Thebes. …

Prophecies Respecting: Destruction of Its Idols

Jeremiah 43:12–13 I will kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzar will burn those temples and take their gods as captives. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in his garment, and …
Jeremiah 46:25 The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I am about to punish Amon god of Thebes, along with Pharaoh, Egypt with her gods and kings, and those who trust in Pharaoh.
Ezekiel 30:13 This is what the Lord GOD says: I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince in Egypt, and I will instill fear in that land.

Prophecies Respecting: Destruction of Its Power

Ezekiel 30:24–25 I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and place My sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, who will groan before him like a mortally wounded man. …

Prophecies Respecting: Dismay of Its Inhabitants

Isaiah 19:1 This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.
Isaiah 19:16–17 In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them. …

Prophecies Respecting: Ever to be a Base Kingdom

Ezekiel 29:15 Egypt will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself above the nations. For I will diminish Egypt so that it will never again rule over the nations.

Prophecies Respecting: Failure of Internal Resources

Isaiah 19:5–10 The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty. …

Prophecies Respecting: Infatuation of Its Princes

Isaiah 19:3 Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.

Prophecies Respecting: Invasion by Babylon

Jeremiah 46:13 This is the word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:
Jeremiah 46:24 The Daughter of Egypt will be put to shame; she will be delivered into the hands of the people of the north.”
Ezekiel 32:11 For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you!

Prophecies Respecting: Prophetic Illustration of Its Destruction

Jeremiah 43:9–10 “In the sight of the Jews, pick up some large stones and bury them in the clay of the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace at Tahpanhes. …
Ezekiel 30:21–22 “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. See, it has not been bound up for healing, or splinted for strength to hold the sword. …
Ezekiel 32:4–6 I will abandon you on the land and hurl you into the open field. I will cause all the birds of the air to settle upon you, and all the beasts of the earth to eat their fill of you. …

Prophecies Respecting: Spoil of, a Reward to Babylon for Services Against Tyre

Ezekiel 29:18–20 “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it. …

Prophecies Respecting: Terror Occasioned by Its Fall

Ezekiel 32:9–10 ‘I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, in countries you do not know. …

Prophecies Respecting: The Jews Who Practised Its Idolatry to Share Its

Jeremiah 44:7–28 So now, this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves by cutting off from Judah man and woman, child and infant, leaving yourselves without a remnant? …

Prophecies Respecting: To be Numbered and Blessed Along with Israel

Isaiah 19:23–25 In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together. …

Prophecies Respecting: Utter Desolation of, for Forty Years

Ezekiel 29:8–12 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will bring a sword against you and cut off from you man and beast. …
Ezekiel 30:12 I will make the streams dry up and sell the land to the wicked. By the hands of foreigners I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it. I, the LORD, have spoken.
Ezekiel 32:15 ‘When I make the land of Egypt a desolation and empty it of all that filled it, when I strike down all who live there, then they will know that I am the LORD.’

Religion of, Idolatrous

Exodus 12:12 On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.
Numbers 33:4 who were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them; for the LORD had executed judgment against their gods.
Isaiah 19:1 This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.
Ezekiel 29:7 When Israel took hold of you with their hands, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke, and their backs were wrenched.

Ruled by Kings Who Assumed the Name of Pharaoh

Genesis 12:14–15 So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. …
Genesis 40:1–2 Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt. …
Exodus 1:8 Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.
Exodus 1:22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”

Sometimes Visited by Famine

Genesis 41:30 but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will devastate the land.

Subject to Plague

Deuteronomy 7:15 And the LORD will remove from you all sickness. He will not lay upon you any of the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but He will inflict them on all who hate you.
Deuteronomy 28:27 The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.
Deuteronomy 28:60 He will afflict you again with all the diseases you dreaded in Egypt, and they will cling to you.

The Armies of Assistance of, Sought by Judah Against the Chaldees

Ezekiel 17:15 But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’
Jeremiah 37:5 Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 37:7 “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.

The Armies of Besieged and Plundered Jerusalem in Rehoboam's Time

1 Kings 14:25–26 In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem. …

The Armies of Captured and Burned Gezer

1 Kings 9:16 Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

The Armies of Deposed Jehoahaz and Made Judea Tributary

2 Kings 23:31–35 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah. …

The Armies of Described

Exodus 14:7–9 He took 600 of the best chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them. …

The Armies of Destroyed in the Red Sea

Exodus 14:23–28 And the Egyptians chased after them— all Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen— and followed them into the sea. …

The Armies of Invaded Assyria and Killed Josiah Who Assisted It

2 Kings 23:29 During Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him and killed him at Megiddo.

The Country of: Abraham Lives In

Genesis 12:10–20 Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe. …
Genesis 13:1 So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev— he and his wife and all his possessions— and Lot was with him.

The Country of: Armies of

Exodus 14:7 He took 600 of the best chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them.
Isaiah 31:1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.

The Country of: Army of Destroyed in the Red Sea

Exodus 14:5–31 When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.” …
Isaiah 43:17 who brings out the chariots and horses, the armies and warriors together, to lie down, never to rise again; to be extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:

The Country of: Called Rahab

Psalm 87:4 “I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me — along with Philistia, Tyre, and Cush — when I say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”
Psalm 89:10 You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

The Country of: Civil War In

Isaiah 19:2 “So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

The Country of: Exports of

Genesis 37:25 And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.
Genesis 37:36 Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.
1 Kings 10:28–29 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue. …
Proverbs 7:16 I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.
Ezekiel 27:7 Of embroidered fine linen from Egypt they made your sail, which served as your banner. Of blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah they made your awning.

The Country of: Famine In

Genesis 41:1 After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,
Acts 7:11 Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.

The Country of: Fertility of

Genesis 13:10 And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

The Country of: Idols of

Ezekiel 20:7–8 And I said to them: ‘Each of you must throw away the abominations before his eyes, and you must not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’ …

The Country of: Imports of

Genesis 37:25 And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.
Genesis 37:36 Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.

The Country of: Irrigation Employed In

Deuteronomy 11:10 For the land that you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated on foot, like a vegetable garden.

The Country of: Joseph Takes Jesus To

Matthew 2:13–20 When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.” …

The Country of: Land of Ham

Psalm 105:23 Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
Psalm 106:22 wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

The Country of: Limits of

Ezekiel 29:10 therefore I am against you and against your rivers. I will turn the land of Egypt into a ruin, a desolate wasteland from Migdol to Syene, and as far as the border of Cush.

The Country of: Magi of

Genesis 41:8 In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
Exodus 7:11 But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.
1 Kings 4:30 Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.
Acts 7:22 So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.

The Country of: of Horses

1 Kings 10:28–29 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue. …

The Country of: Overflowed by the Nile River

Amos 8:8 Will not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.
Amos 9:5 The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn — all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt —

The Country of: Priests of

Genesis 41:45 Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah, and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph took charge of all the land of Egypt.
Genesis 47:22 However, he did not acquire the priests’ portion of the land, for it had been given to them by Pharaoh. They ate the rations that Pharaoh supplied; so they did not sell their land.

The Country of: Productions of

Numbers 11:5 We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.
Psalm 78:47 He killed their vines with hailstones and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
Proverbs 7:16 I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.
Isaiah 19:5–9 The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty. …

The Country of: Prophecies Against

Genesis 15:13–14 Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years. …
Isaiah 19:1 This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.
Isaiah 20:2–6 the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot. …
Isaiah 45:14 This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow …
Jeremiah 9:25–26 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh— …
Jeremiah 43:8–13 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes: …
Jeremiah 44:30 This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the …
Jeremiah 46:1 This is the word of the LORD about the nations— the word that came to Jeremiah the prophet
Ezekiel 29:1 In the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Ezekiel 30:1 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Ezekiel 31:1 In the eleventh year, on the first day of the third month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Ezekiel 32:1 In the twelfth year, on the first day of the twelfth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Hosea 8:13 Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.
Joel 3:11 Come quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD.
Zechariah 10:11 They will pass through the sea of distress and strike the waves of the sea; all the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.

The Country of: Symbolical

Revelation 11:8 Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city — figuratively called Sodom and Egypt — where their Lord was also crucified.

The Country of: The King Acquires Title to Land of

Genesis 47:18–26 When that year was over, they came to him the second year and said, “We cannot hide from our lord that our money is gone and all our livestock belongs to you. There is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land. …

Under a Governor

Genesis 41:41–44 Pharaoh also told Joseph, “I hereby place you over all the land of Egypt.” …

Watered by the Nile

Genesis 41:1–3 After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile, …
Exodus 1:22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”