Search results
- The salient features of the story are that the Israelites had been enslaved by the Egyptians and forced to work as builders. Eventually, a leader named Moses, sent by his god, YHWH, brought the Egyptians to their knees with a series of plagues, left Egypt with his people, and headed for Canaan.
People also ask
Where did Israel's Exodus from Egypt come from?
What is the story of the exodus of the Israelites?
Why did the Israelites come to Egypt?
What is Israel's Exodus out of Egypt?
When did Israel Exodus from Egypt?
How does Exodus start?
In the first book of the Pentateuch, the Book of Genesis, the Israelites had come to live in Egypt in the Land of Goshen during a famine, under the protection of an Israelite, Joseph, who had become a high official in the court of the Egyptian pharaoh. Exodus begins with the death of Joseph and the ascension of a new pharaoh "who did not know ...
Explore the Israelites' journey from Egypt to Canaan as described in the Bible, from the Exodus and crossing of the Red Sea to the 40 years in the wilderness and arrival in the Promised Land. Learn about key events like the giving of the Ten Commandments and God’s miraculous provisions along the way.
Sep 26, 2024 · The English name of the book derives from the Septuagint (Greek) use of “exodus” to designate the deliverance of the Israelites from Egyptian bondage and their safe passage through the Sea of Reeds (traditionally mislocated as the Red Sea). The Hebrew title of the work is Shemot (Names).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Oct 24, 2024 · For instance, the names of three places that appear in the biblical account of Israel’s Exodus from Egypt correspond to Egyptian place names from the Ramesside Period (13th–11th centuries B.C.E.). The Bible recounts that, as slaves, the Israelites were forced to build the store-cities of Pithom and Ramses.
Israel’s historical exodus out of Egypt (Exod. 1-15), was only the opening stage of a threefold pattern of sacred history: (1) the redemption of Israel, (2) the consecration of Israel by covenant at Mount Sinai, and (3) the consummation of the inheritance in the land of Canaan. 1 This pattern finds its historical culmination with the building ...
Oct 27, 2017 · It turns out that far from providing a single date for the Exodus, a number of quite different dates for the Israelites’ escape from Egypt can be found in the Bible. In this article we’ll work through the options and have a think about their implications.
Jan 4, 2022 · The story of the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt begins with the birth of Moses and his unusual upbringing in Egypt (Exodus 2) and, later, a command from God to Pharaoh, delivered to the Egyptian ruler by Moses and Aaron: “Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness” (Exodus 5:1). Pharaoh refused.
