Nile

Nile appears in 45 verses of the Bible, from Genesis to Acts.

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In the Bible dictionary

The Nile is Egypt's great river, where Moses was hidden as a baby and whose waters God turned to blood, showing his power over Egypt's gods.

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Key passages

  • Two full years later, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing on the bank of the Nile River.

    Genesis 41:1 · Read the chapter
  • Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Throw every newborn Hebrew boy into the Nile River. But you may let the girls live.”

    Exodus 1:22 · Read the chapter
  • In that day the Lord will whistle for the army of southern Egypt and for the army of Assyria. They will swarm around you like flies and bees.

    Isaiah 7:18 · Read the chapter
  • “What have you gained by your alliances with Egypt and your covenants with Assyria? What good to you are the streams of the Nile or the waters of the Euphrates River?

    Jeremiah 2:18 · Read the chapter
  • Give them this message from the Sovereign Lord: “I am your enemy, O Pharaoh, king of Egypt— you great monster, lurking in the streams of the Nile. For you have said, ‘The Nile River is mine; I made it for myself.’

    Ezekiel 29:3 · Read the chapter
  • The earth will tremble for your deeds, and everyone will mourn. The ground will rise like the Nile River at floodtime; it will heave up, then sink again.

    Amos 8:8 · Read the chapter

Every verse (45)

Nahum
Nah 3:8
Zechariah
Zec 10:11

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