Series 03: John Brady Nash letters, January 1914-December 1915 - Page 206
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"8. And Pharoah's daughter said unto her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother
"9. And Pharoah's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child and nursed it."
"10. And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharoah's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water."
A place is shown to persons, who are in Egypt, on one side of Roda, v. Rhoda, Island, in the River Nile, which is said to be the spot where were "the flags by the river's brink" 'mongst which the ark, containing the three months old infant, came under the vision of the daughter of the Egyptian ruler. The island is close to where we cross the Nile when going to Cairo, some seven miles distant from where I sit writing to you.
Presently the island is occupied by palaces and neatly kept gardens. Here a Nilometer is in working order for registering the rise and fall of the water flowing in the river at all seasons of the year. It was constructed by Kalif Solman [Sulayman bin Abd al-Malik (c. 674- 717)] in A.D. 715; restored by El. Mamun [Al Ma'mun (786-833)] in 830. It is believed that for long ages before these dates, there were forms of measuring apparatus for the same a like purpose near to the same spot. How closely one is brought into touch with the principal events in Biblical history when he lives in or visits these parts? The other day I mentioned to Father McAuliffe that in the 2nd chapter of St. Matthew he would find the account of the flight of the Holy Family into Egypt and of their return to the holy land. He replied that he had not thought to look the matter up but that he would do so.
"Matthew II – 14. When he arose, he took the young child & his mother by night, and departed into Egypt."
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"19. But when Herod was dead, behold an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,"