Red Sea

Body of water between Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula. Moses divided it for the Israelites to pass through, and the Egyptians were drowned pursuing them. Christ walked upon the waves of the sea as a parallel.

Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture

• The Virtues of Moses — Moses overthrew the Red Sea with plagues and portents by God's help

  "he nearly overthrew Egypt with plagues and portents, and the Red Sea"

• Moses and Christ: Nineteen Parallels — Moses passed unharmed through the waters of the Arabian Gulf

  "Moses passed unharmed through the waters of the Arabian gulf; Christ walked upon the waves of the sea"

• Praises of Moses from Scripture and the Fathers — By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land; the Egyptians attempting were devoured

  "by faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land, which the Egyptians attempting were devoured"

Commentary on the Pentateuch of Moses

• Canons Bearing a Torch Before the Pentateuch — The Egyptians slain in the Red Sea as a type of spiritual liberation

  "the blood and slaughter of enemies, namely the Egyptians in the Red Sea"

Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)

• Verse 9: Let the waters be gathered together — St. Basil asks what would prevent the Red Sea from flooding Egypt if not God's command

  "What would prevent the Red Sea from bursting with its overflowing flood into all of Egypt, which is so much lower than the sea itself, if it were not restrained by the command of the Creator?"

• Verse 9: Let the waters be gathered together — Pliny records Sesostris conceived of a navigable channel from the Red Sea but was deterred by the fear of flooding

  "Pliny records that Sesostris, king of Egypt, first conceived of digging a navigable channel from the Red Sea, but was deterred by the fear of flooding, the Red Sea being found to be three cubits higher than the land of Egypt."

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