Questions tagged [egypt]
a kingdom with which the patriarchs and Israel had many interactions.
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The Pharaoh of the Exodus
Is there any textual evidence in Hebrew Bible or Christian New Testament that would identify the Pharaoh involved with Moses and the Exodus? Is there any textual evidence that would also correspond ...
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Did Pharoah have free will?
Pharoah starts by hardening his own heart, but then God hardens it (here is the list of verses). Did God remove Pharoah's free will?
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Could God be ok with some types of divination?
In Genesis 44:5 (NASB)
Is this not that from which my lord drinks, and which he indeed uses for divination? (...)
and in Genesis 44:15 (NASB)
Joseph said to them, “What is this thing that you have ...
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Is the "four hundred years" the equivalent of the "four generations" in the Gen. 15:13-16 prophecy?
Gen. 15:13
Then the Lord said to him, “Know for certain that for four hundred
years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own
and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there.
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Why did the Egyptians view shepherds as detestable and why did they refuse to eat with the Hebrews?
Why would the Egyptians refuse to eat with the Hebrew people? The first mention of this is in Genesis 43:32 when Joseph’s brothers first come to Egypt. The Egyptians could not eat with Joseph (a ...
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Who is the Pharaoh of Ezekiel?
Numerous times in the Book of Ezekiel a Pharaoh is mentioned. Which Pharaoh(s) is/are Ezekiel talking about?
Here are some examples of what I am talking about:
Ezekiel 29:2-3 - "Son of man, set ...
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Where is Goshen?
In Genesis 45:10 (NASB)
For you shall live in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me (...)
Where is Goshen?
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Why God Punished Egypt as per Jeremiah 46?
Why God Punished Egypt. Is it because they killed good king Josiah. If he was a good king, God never allows that to happen.
Also as per verse 26 it says, "But later on, people will live in Egypt ...
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Did God take the Samaritans out of Egypt (2 Kings 17:36)?
The origin of the Samaritans, as described in the book of Kings, is a group of people brought from Mesopotamia to Samaria by the Assyrians:
The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, ...
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Has Isaiah 19:21 already been fulfilled? [closed]
Isaiah 19:21-22 NASB
“Thus the Lord will make Himself known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the Lord in that day. They will even worship with sacrifice and offering, and will make a vow to the ...
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