OLD TESTAMENT

Isaiah 23:3

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On great waters, the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue. She was the market of nations.

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Verse 3. Nile. Hebrew Shichor, or “muddy water,” designates that river. Joshua 13:3.—River. The overflowing of the Nile gave fertility to Egypt, insomuch that Tyre and other nations were supplied by it with corn.

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