Moses the Bible - Moses: Gods and Kings
Moses and Jochebed (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) MOSES —drawn (or Egypt . mesu, “son;” hence Rameses, royal son). On the invitation of Pharaoh (Gen. 45:17–25), Jacob and his sons went down into Egypt. This immigration took place probably about 350 years before the birth of Moses. Some centuries before Joseph, Egypt had been conquered by a pastoral Semitic race from Asia, the Hyksos , who brought into cruel subjection the native Egyptians , who were an African race. Jacob and his retinue were accustomed to a shepherd’s life, and on their arrival in Egypt were received with favour by the king, who assigned them the “best of the land”, the land of Goshen , to dwell in. The Hyksos or “shepherd” king who thus showed favour to Joseph and his family was in all probability the Pharaoh Apopi (or Apopis ). Thus favoured, the Israelites began to “multiply exceedingly” (Gen. 47:27), and extended to the west and south. At length the supremacy of the Hyksos came to an end. The d...