But the reason why the king cut up the land was this, namely because those of the Egyptians who had their cities not on the river but in the middle of the country, being in want of water when the river went down from them, found their drink brackish because they had it from wells.
Bestalde, arrazoi honengatik zatitu zuen erregeak lurraldea: hiriak ibaiertzean ez baina lur erdialdean eraiki zituzten guztiak, ibaia erretiratzen zen bezain azkar, uren eskasiaz, putzuetatik ateratako edari aski gaziez baliatzen ziren; hain zuzen, Egypto horrengatik izan zen zatitua.