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IN CONCLUSION
According to the King’s List, the earliest date for the Exodus would have to be 1503 BC, however due to inaccuracies this date is only an approximate.
We know that Pharaoh would have to have had his capital in the Nile Delta, and only the Hyksos ruled from Avaris during that...
FACT #9: THE TEMPEST STELE
Ahmose I succeeded his brother Kamose at the age of ten years old. Sometime during his twenty-five year reign, Ahmose documented a strange weather pattern, known as the world’s first weather report: The Tempest Stele.
There is dispute in the scholarly realm on how to...
THE SEVEN YEAR FAMINE
Since the Israelites were in Egypt for 215 years and the Exodus was c. 1503 BC, we can guess that the seven year famine occurred c. 1719 BC. (Taking into account the Israelites came into Egypt during the second year of the famine).
Famines in the ancient world were...
FACT #8: THE JUDAH KING’S LIST
If we take the Biblical King’s list, and trust that the number of years each of the Judahite king’s reigned is correct, and if we assume that 587/586 BC is an indisputable date for the Babylonian Captivity, we can estimate what year the temple was built and...
FACT #7: Were the Hyksos Israelites; Identifying the Hyksos
According to Mantheo, the Hyksos’ conquest of Egypt was a brutal, armed invasion which met little resistance from the indigenous populations. Temples were burned; cities were destroyed; and women and children were led into slavery...
FACT #6: Joseph Did Not Rule Under a Hyksos King
The first waves of Asiatics and Canaanites started to arrive in Egypt around 2000-1900 BC. Pharaoh Amenemhat I who ruled from 1991-1962 BC moved the capital from Thebes to Itjtawy due to an influx of Asiatics entering in from Canaan.
The...
FACT #5: ‘More and Mightier than We’
Ex. 1:8-10 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to...
FACT #4 Capital of Egypt During the Time of the Exodus Was in the Nile Delta
Pharaoh was near the capital of Egypt during the time of the Exodus. We can conclude this by the fact that Pharaoh’s daughter walked along the river near where the Hebrews lived and, there, found Moses. She also...
FACT #3: Joseph Lived Near Or At Avaris
Gen. 37:25 “And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.”
Gen. 43:19 “When they drew...
FACT #2 Hebrews and Shepherds Were An Abomination to the Egyptian
Gen. 43:32 “So they set [Joseph] a place by himself, and them [his brothers] by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves; because the Egyptians could not eat food with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination...
JOSEPH IN EGYPT
We know Joseph was sold into Egypt at 17 (Gen. 37:2), but there is confusion on whether or not Joseph was 30 years old at the time he stood before Pharaoh, or if he had been IN Egypt for 30 years before standing before Pharaoh.
This author believes the latter explanation may...
What We Know About the Exodus
We first need to identify the biblical and historical facts regarding the Exodus. Once we lay all the scriptural and historical evidence out, we will be able to piece together the time of the Exodus.
FACT #1: The Children of Israel were in Egypt 215 Years
The...