Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Nile?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Nile River.

First appears in Genesis 41:1 · 9 books · 21 chapters

Overview

Biblical river. Modern identification: Nile River.

Nile is represented in the local geography layer as Nile River. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Genesis 41:1 and is mentioned across 9 books, with 45 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Egypt

About 174 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 459 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 462 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 462 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 465 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Nile today

Find the traditionally identified site on a modern map.

Nile names a waterway or shoreline rather than one stop, so the map point acts as a geographic center inside the wider corridor.

Nile is mapped here as a representative point along the wider water corridor.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Borders, permits, local access, and the exact identification of biblical landscapes can change.

Modern orientation

Nile River

31.465°N · 30.367°E

Key passages

Appears in

Exodus

6 chapters · 15 verse mentions

Isaiah

5 chapters · 10 verse mentions

Genesis

1 chapter · 6 verse mentions

Ezekiel

2 chapters · 6 verse mentions

Jeremiah

2 chapters · 3 verse mentions

Amos

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

Nahum

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Zechariah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Acts

1 chapter · 1 verse mention