Egypt, Brook of

The Wadi el-Arish, a valley in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt with a seasonal stream that flows into the Mediterranean (Num 34:5; Josh 15:4; 1Kgs 8:65; 2Kgs 24:7; 2Chr 7:8; Isa 27:12). It marked the traditional southwestern border of the land of Canaan (and of the claims of Judah or, in Ezek 48:28, Gad), the northern border being either the Entrance of Hamath or the Euphrates. The River of Egypt in Gen. 15:18 was apparently the same, as was probably Shihor (1Chr 13:5) and the Brook of the Arabah (Amos 6:14).