THE STORY OF MOSES AND THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT EGYPT

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THE STORY OF MOSES AND THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT
EGYPT

• Lesson Two
• EXPLORING THE BIBLE TIMELINE

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Review

• Lesson One
• Land of Egypt
• Egyptian Chronology and History

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Establishing OT Chronology

• Key date 966 BC (1 Kings 61)
• Fourth year of Solomons reign and 480 years
  after the Exodus
• Date of Exodus 1446 BC
• Moses was 80 years old at time of Exodus (Ex.
  77 Acts 723, 30)
• Date of Moses Birth 1526 BC
• Lived 120 years (Deut. 347)
• Date of Moses Death 1406 BC

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Establishing OT Chronology

• Jacob entered Egypt 1876 BC (430 years before
  Exodus Ex. 1240)
• Joseph had already been in Egypt at least twenty
  years (Gen. 372 4146, 53)
• Jacob was 130 years old when he entered Egypt
  (Gen. 479, 28)
• Date of Jacobs Birth 2006 BC
• Isaac was 60 years old when Jacob was born (Gen.
  2526)

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Establishing OT Chronology

• Date of Isaacs Birth 2066 BC
• Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born
  (Gen. 215)
• Date of Abrahams Birth 2166 BC
• Abraham was 75 years old when traveling to Canaan
  2091 BC
• Abraham journeyed to Egypt soon after arriving in
  Canaan (Gen. 1210)

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Date of Exodus?

• Liberal scholars date exodus late to ca. 1290 BC,
  during the reign of Ramses II, son of Seti I
• Though popular, an outright denial of revealed OT
  timeline question the inerrancy of Scripture
• Interpretation of evidence based on prior
  assumptions
• Liberal scholars have subjective preference for
  the late date
• Ignoring or changing scripture is unacceptable
  for the Christian

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Egypt Bible

• First Intermediate Period (2180-2040)
• Dynasties 9 10
• Middle Kingdom (2039-1782)

• Abrahams journey to Egypt (ca.
  2091-2085) (Gen. 1210-20)

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Egypt Bible

• Middle Kingdom (2039-1782)
• Dynasty 12
• Senusret Sesostris I (1897-1878)
• Senusret Sesostris II (1878-1841)
• Amenemhet III (1842-1797)

• Joseph taken to Egypt (ca. 1896)
• Joseph promotion (ca. 1883)
• Jacob entered Egypt (1876) (Gen. 37-47)
• Death of Joseph (ca. 1803) (Gen. 5022-26 Ex.
  16)

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Egypt Bible

• Second Intermediate Period (1781-1570)
• Dynasty 15
• Hyksos rulers
• Foreign Semites
• (1663-1555)

• The children of Israel were fruitful and
  increased abundantly, multiplied and grew
  exceedingly mighty and the land was filled with
  them (Ex. 17)
• Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did
  not know Joseph (Ex. 18)
• Oppression of children of Israel (Ex. 19-12)

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Egypt Bible

• New Kingdom (1569-1070)
• Restoration of native Egyptian rule
• Dynasty 18
• Ahmose I (1569-1546)
• Amenhotep I (1551-1524)

• Continued oppression of children of Israel (Ex.
  113-14)
• Pharaoh commands destruction of male Hebrew
  children (Ex. 115-22)
• Birth of Moses (1526)
• Adopted by daughter of Pharaoh (Ex. 21-10)

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Egypt Bible

• Tuthmosis I (1524-1518)
• Tuthmosis II (1518-1504)
• Tuthmosis III (1504-1450)
• Queen Hatshepsut (1498-1483)

• And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the
  Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds
  (Acts 722)
• Moses kills Egyptian identifies with his
  brethren (Heb. 1124-26)
• Leaves Egypt 1486 (Ex. 211-15)
• Dwells in Midian 40 years (Acts 730)

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Egypt Bible

• Amenhotep II (1453-1419)
• Tuthmosis IV (1419-1386)

• Moses informed of previous pharaohs death (Ex.
  223 419) returns to Egypt to face new pharaoh
• Ten plagues on Egypt
• Crossing the Red Sea (Ex. 5-14)
• Death of Moses (1406)

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Correlation Works!

• Tuthmosis III reigned long enough (54 years) to
  seek Moses life and then die near end of Moses
  40-year sojourn in Midian his son, Amenhotep II
  was the new pharoah when Moses returned.
• Late Date does not work Seti I only reigned 13
  years before his son, Ramses II took the throne.

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• Moses and the Pharaohs