go The Nile is the Nahal Mit^raim, 



it may befuppofed, ^ndiMarah :) and thofe again, Jojh. 4.. ig. 

 and 5". 10. that are defcribed to be in the Neighbourhood of 

 Jericho^ at Gilgal, and along the Coaft of the Salt Sea, (Places 

 which I have feen,) agree very well with this Interpretation 

 and Defcription of the word ^rhah. 

 Arhah diffe- But then again, it may be further obferved, that neither 



rently inter- tj" j r -y r 



pretedbythetheLXX. nor our Tranflators confine themfelves to the Inter- 



LXX. and . • <n 7 in 



our Tranfla-pretations hcrc given of it. For in joh 39. 6. //. 5 5. 9. 55-. i. 



w^or the^i. 19. Jer. 17. 6. Zach. 14. 10. it is in the LXX. epji^©-', and 

 ^''''^' in our Verfion, the Defert or Wildernefs. \n IJ. i^. 6. the 



r dtriT' °'LXX. render it by y^ H^cro, or, as we have it, a thirftyLand. 



^^^J:^-'., ^ And in 7(?r. x. 6. it is >>i a7re<p©-, ^ Land ivithout Bounds or 



withouc^Lf- i^^^^f^ ' ^11 of them Appellations very fuitable to the Nature 



"^"^^' and Quality of thefe Countries, which are no where confined 

 by Mounds, Hedges or Inclofures; and are, for the moll part, 

 fo very dry and Hindy, as to be capable of very little, if of 



Appellations any Cultivation or Improvement. As the Diftri£l therefore. 



3.^rcGaDlc to •' -L ^ 



thisCountry. which lycth beyond the Eaftern or Afiatic Banks of the Niky 

 from the Parallel oi Memphis even to Telufium, (the Land of 

 GoJhenovAY excepted^) is all of it-^r^^^, >>i h.-i^Zav.^ ATreip©-, dry, 

 barren, and inhofpitable *, the Prophet ^;>;20J might, with Pro- 

 priety enough, call The River of Egypt, The River of the Wil- 

 dernefs ; or (if the Situation be more regarded) The Weflern 

 River. 



TheE/m«- From the Site and Pofition of this River, let us now inquire 



/ofrofthedit- ^ . _ 



ferentNamesinto the Rcafon zwd. Etvmology of the Names which are siven 



of the Nile. ^ 



to it, both in facred and prophane Hiftory. Thefe will like- 

 wife further illuftrate the Matter in Difpute. Now it is called 

 in Scripture The River of Egypt, in Contradiftinftion to the 

 Euphrates, which being conftantly, as it may be prefumed, a 

 larger Stream, ( though both of them are confiderably aug- 

 mented at their refpedive rainy Seafons ;) is called by way of 

 Eminence, Nahal only, or The River. Yet notwithftanding the 

 facred Hiftorian might diftinguifli the former, by the Country 

 it belonged to, (as the -^r^^M;^ Writers ftill continue the fame 

 Phrafe, by calling it j^'^ ^<v-» Neel Mejfir,) thQ Egyptians them- 

 felves had no Occafion to ufe the appellative ; but, as it was 

 their only River, fo they might call it fimply Nahal-, which, 

 with little Variation, will be eafily formed into Ne~A©-, or Nilus, 



as 



