or River of Egypt. ^ i 



as Grecian and Roman Strangers might pronounce it. S'lhor^ *'^»'-, q/^r/r, 

 as hath already been occanonally proved from St. jeroyn, was^^'''^ ''>g"i" 

 another Name eiven to this River in the Scriptures; being Coiour of 



" -"^ ' o It's Water. 



taken from the black tawny Complexion of it's Water, occa- 

 fioned by the great Quantity of Mud brought down with it from 

 ^Ethiopia. For (nn'i^) Sihor is the fame as Black. Neither is 

 this Name peculiar to the Scriptures; it is alfo known to hea- 

 then Geographers. Thus Tlinj " calls it Siris. SoHnus ^ alfo 

 and T)miyfins ' ufe the fame Appellations. TlutarclS^ Ofiris * is 

 like wife the fame. Melas again, or Melo, as like wife JigjpUfs \ 

 other Names by which it was known to the Greeks, have the 

 like Interpretation ; agreeably to what Virgil \ Claudian and 

 others relate of it. 



And therefore befides this particular Quality or Complexion The T^iwt 

 of the Waters oiiS'ihor, which is highly applicable to theiV/76';Sf^'the 

 it will appear ftill more evident, from feveral Places of H. ""^" 

 Scripture, that The River of Egypt, the Nile and Sihor, were 

 one and the fame River. For Sibor, as it is mentioned, Jen 

 %. i8. could be no other. fFhai hail thou, fays the Prophet, 

 io do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor ? Which 

 is further explained, by way oi Antithefis, in the latter part of 

 the Verfe ; or what haft thou to do in the way of^ffyria^ to 

 drtnk the waters of the River} i. e. of the Euphrates. For Sihor They have 

 or the Nile, was as properly the River of Eg^pt, as the Eu- Properties ^ 

 phrates\^2.%Qiu4ffyria. In like manner the Prophet 7/^i^>6(i 3. 3.)?hem.^ 

 ufeth the fame Word, [Sihor,) which can only be underftood of 

 the Nile. The feed of Sihor, fays he, the harveft of the River 

 is her revenue : i. e. Flax, Wheat, Rice, and other Commo- 

 dities, produced by the overflowing and fertilizing Quality of 

 the Nile, are tranfported from Egypt, to the great Benefit and 

 Advantage of the Merchants of Tyre. Sihor therefore, as it 

 ftands in the former Text, in Contradiftinclion to the Eu- 



I Sic quoque Nilas etiamnum S'lris, ut ante nominatur, per aliquot millia. J. y. c. p. 

 2, A Catarade ultimo tutus eft Nilus. Relifto tamen hoc pone fe nomine, quod Siris 

 vocatur, mox inofFenfus meat. c. 4y. 



^ "Zleii ti-K AfSjo/TiBV ldx>M-nu. flsp/ny. 1. 22 2. 



4 'S.opaTi^l jay 'hfiav — jiy NfiA!iv"0(ne(» y^^Smi'. Plut. de Jfld. 8c Ofiride f. 33. 



^€7iic?ih5« NfiA®' &D 771'®' &c.— Kiyj'TnYivcti elt i^iKheu. Vid. Flut. dc Fluviis cum Not. Maujfaci. 

 6 Viridcm Ai^yptum nigra, fcccundat arena. Virg. Georg. Not. Serv. Ofiia nigiMntis Nili. 

 Claud. Phoen. 1. 100. Xou^avj wnAJti'T? my metCatfyiTWi tiKuv, Nonn. Dioiiyf. 1. 2. p. 100. Herod. 

 Eut. p. 105. Ed. Step!). 



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