Genesis 10:6

Mitzraim (Egypt) is the dual form of Strong’s #4692, matsor. Dual-Siege enclosure, siege, dual-straits, inclosure, something hemming in. The sense is that of being blocked in or under siege. Hemmed in from both sides. It has been historically understood that Egypt had two parts—upper Egypt and lower Egypt. Hieroglyphic writing had two symbols for the land. Arabs had two names for the two parts. Jesus said that the Way would be pressed from all sides. He did not mean to illustrate that it was a narrow, horizontal path or some sort of “straight” line to be walked. “Pressed [thlibó compressed, constricted] is the road (Matt. 7:14). “we are pressed [thlibó] on every side, yet not straitened” (2 Cor. 4:8). Egypt is the symbol of this pressing, or oppression, from all sides. She holds captive many and oppresses many from every side. She is a slave-driver.