And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor?
-Jeremiah 2:18
In some Bible dictionaries the word Shi’hor is given to mean Dark, Black, Turbid and refer metaphorically to the Nile. Sweet desert water poured from a newly tanned goatskin is that and more. But all things considered, I’d rather quench thirst from a Sudanese Qirba than a Cairene spigot (Hanafīyya, which Wehr gives, strangely, as Paganism, Heathendom, Faucet, Hydrant- as if you run the risk of non-belief and amebic dysentery both if you drink from the tap). Yes, Cairo draws its water from the Nile, but because of the pipes through which it flows, black and turbid are not the half of it. Keep reading from Chapter 2, …How canst thou say I am not polluted…?