Exodus 14:16

“But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it, etc.] Even the same rod with which so many wonders had been done in Egypt; and Artapanus, the Heathen, says f435, that Moses being bid by a divine voice to smite the sea with his rod, he hearkened to it, and touched the water with it, and so it divided, as it is said it did, (<021421>Exodus 14:21) and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea; and so they did, (<021422>Exodus 14:22,29).”

“lift: Exo 14:21, Exo 14:26, Exo 4:2, Exo 4:17, Exo 4:20, Exo 7:9, Exo 7:19 the sea: This sea was what is called in Scripture yam suph, "the sea of weeds;" so called, according to Mr. Bruce, from the vast quantity of coral which grows in it. In the LXX it is called θαλασσα ερυθρα, and by the Latins Rubrum mare, and we from them the Red Sea; so called it is supposed, from Edom (red) or Esau, whose territories extend to its coasts. It separates Arabia from Egypt and Ethiopia, and is computed to be 150 leagues in length from Suez to the straits of Babelmandel. The upper part is divided into two gulfs, that to the East called the Elanitic, from the city Elana at the northern extremity, and that…”