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Fishing with a Dragnet

Fishing with a Dragnet


‎Fish, important in the Egyptian diet, tempted some Hebrews to return to Egyptian slavery. Fish were plentiful in the Nile, in its backwaters, and in ponds dug for raising them or facilitating their natural growth. This image shows Egyptians fishing with a net. In the printed labeling from the source book for this image, “A” indicates the net outline, “B” the flotation devices, buoyant plant material for keeping the rim of the net above water, and “C” the weights for the bottom of the net.
‎Num 11:5, Isa 19:8, Hab 1:14–17

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