Egypt will widen the Suez Canal.

Diggers make the canal bigger. (Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)
Do you see the ships in the water? They are in the Gulf of Suez. (Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)
Many big ships pass through the canal every year. (Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)
Ever Given got stuck in the canal last year. (Suez Canal Authority via AP)
The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea.

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Stuck! A huge ship blocked the Suez Canal last year. Other ships could not pass through.

Egypt plans to widen and deepen that part of the canal. It does not want stuck ships.

Pray: Thank God that He gives people ways to solve problems.

Read More: The Suez Canal was built to connect the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea. The canal is a shortcut between Europe and Asia. It opened over 150 years ago. The Suez has been deepened and widened many times. But a ship ran aground last March. It blocked the canal for six days. Some ships had to sail around Africa. Egypt will make the canal wider and deeper. Then more and bigger ships can pass through. Exodus 7:19 says that Moses told Aaron to stretch out his rod over the rivers, canals, ponds, and pools of water in Egypt. God turned the water into blood. It was His first plague on Egypt.