, 1876-02-12


esstng facts Tho nsmo pltom tles1Rnasos City
Of [thh Rod} Tom. Tom, however, adds the In
scE'ptlon, - alau oalod Ankh. and has tho, nur-
,"a name ~ Tho great Eod" ln,e..,gati9n .hos'
5.g o1se but tho Egyptian traoalatlon q tho
iiebrov JcLoya or Jatvc. Az a symbol Of u's
divinity a eerpont was worshiped In Iltom,
which reminds iii of the brass serpent OF blohcn
King 1Iezokihh. Another surname Of pitom waa
Ia Anll, !. O., City Of AnkL, and TITO whole din
tr!ct "aa called Punt-pa-ankl, a., tha diHtrict
Of PitoE. Moreover. "a danotes Governor, and
litom. Tho word, i,owover, ckplAns at onco
the myaler.onH and sni1ch.dlaplteh word ZAptl-
nat paneacis, tito which Pliarnob gavo to Jo-
aopll when hc took him into sorvce thai L., be
Joseph located ls relatIveH. t also explains
tho strange woEds (Exol, xly. u, where Jusepl
enys. ''uod Inns mado INC tho father uf
Pharaoh" for DtugBch sAys that al,-eh l'rno Of,
tho inscription naeana tha highest houhohold Of
flcors Of Pharaoh.
i,rigseh further explains lie word kartutn1n
by khnt-tot, !. O., wnrilora, cortain class OF
prieats ln 1sansos. Highly interesting IL also
letter which ho giveh of royal court officer on
papyr1is Of lhc british Muueuu, which reads AZ
follows:
On ths eth day OF Tho ID month"; towards evening"
ctt tho Tngal lmlace 70 praue Tho t~o slaves. ar
had trnel 10 ths south. On tlo lItl wss 10 Keiasn,
wIetc was told that the lorse.1r.eTs who had cume
o, fe a., r 5sss; r. sn. q "a S s ne 5:pS5a
Of Migiol III tha country Of tbs wall.
In sh's letter ua ind Khosatn and alfelol fol.
lowing sftor Hucot just "a Ethan aud hltgdol
start from Buchoth. The pnlace olflcots purauc
tho fugitive alaves on the very aataa road as
Pharaoh did LIS fugitive Isractes. Even tho
country at tho wall occurs m tie Bible. Tor q
vail In tue Semitic Languages ID called shtr I'D
| tho children OF lsracl.--{Erod., xv,. 21.}
Az regards tho place Ok tho Egyptian catas-
teopho. tho D:hlo (Exod.. XIV, =? reports that
Pharaoh had orafsakoa tho chlareu Of Issaol.
Hiroth before Daai' Zophon:" 1.-THE Valley Ill
roth h, tho Habsow Ia called pshs~Khroth, liter
ally meaning, tho " "ontranco oi tho abyse." Tho
very Same nnrno is given by Dsodosus to tho
q complete description Of tho piacc, ho remarks !:
"Tl,us these places received thor natno justly"
| Ttero Gun therefore be no doubt Whatever that
piha-lIlrroth. tho entrancc Of tho abyss, signi-
| fius tho narrow mock OF land botwecn tho woet-
\ cru dof Lako 6irbouis aud tho Mediterranean.
Tho second pfnce in tito above passagot called
| 1}anl-Xophou, Is found IN tho inscription rs
| liaail-Xnpouna, Which is but another 1lamo for
| tho God Anon, moro frequently called the Lord
Of FcnB 4 celebrated temple II thia god, whom
| tho Crooks called Zeus Kasios, was found naar
| tho aeacoast, about tho cast ond Of Lake Sir
bonls, aul with this Baal-Xophon is easily iden-
| tilted.
| THUS RIO Soc that tho sconc OF tho obstruction
| Of Pharaoh 1nd llta hosts IL tho narrow neck Of
land dividing tho Mediterranean from tho Lake
| Sirbonis. 1Ioro sudden lood from the hledit-
orranoan seized tie purs,,ora, whilo tho lsrasi-
ttes had loft thta dangerous place Just in time:
| The wonder, OF course ccascs to be oue, but
for all TINT tho hand OF Providence il clearly
4 vfefble.
Quite ssruilnr events hare tAlten p1nco At later
| period. s'Wnen was at A1axahdrin" strsbo
narratca, ia great Hood aroso i'll ths nciehbor-
| hood Of Potassium and uoar tho mount, Knstos.
| Tho mount bocame On island, and ships could
sail upon tho hghroad leading 10 Palestine. -
| And uiodoruB tells us thst Attaxcrxes on his
wry to pelusiun, had lost q part Of bis army iu
| the narathra, I. e. tho marshes. Thun this ia
not tho Ised SEQ. butt rccly iakc and cut only bo
considered % name for coaat-]agoon or marsl.,
| covered by papyr,a aud other marshy riausa.
Only after tho destruction OF Pharaoh, Moaca
and his people left tie eahtoTly direction. and
turned south towards tho north point OF the
| Gulf OF Suez. On this n1arch they first catuc
into tho Wilderness OF Shur {the country OF tue
watD mentioned bsfore. For three days they
had found no uAtor. and when thoy at last found
sono 1t Maral. 1t waa bitter, wherefore thcy
called tho place Nara, 81 bitter" fnet wei
known to us from tho bitter lake OF the suoz
Canal. Alao thu next station, Elm, nor.i ol
6usx may bo shown BY the City Of the FiaAos,
| Al lin, mentioned IN tho inscription.