There is a 300-year period of silence from the the time Joseph died at the age of 110 until the birth of Moses.
However, other historical sources outside the Bible tell us that for a period of about 200 years or so, the Hebrews prospered and their population boomed while in Egypt.
One reason for this is because the Pharaohs who were in power during this time were NOT Egyptians.
They were actually Semites meaning descended from Noah’s son Shem.
As a result of this common blood line, these Semitic Pharaohs continued to respect and honor the promises Pharaoh had made to Joseph.
We also shouldn’t forget that Joseph was considered a savior of sorts because he had rescued the Egyptians from the great famine AND…
…Joseph had also saved the Israelites by granting them both citizenship and land.
In this sense, Joseph can be properly viewed as a Messiah figure.
He literally saved both Jews and gentiles so to speak.
Unfortunately, when Joseph passed away in 1700 BC, the positive memories and promises attached to him began to fade away.
Egypt was now a nation going through hard times and as is often the case during periods of turmoil, the prosperous minority in a nation began to be looked at with suspicion and envy.
This is exactly why the Nazi party in Germany came to power.
Hitler needed a scapegoat for the economic ills of the nation and he cast all the blame on the Jews.
Onward.
More evidence of the turmoil Egypt was experiencing…
….is the fact that Egypt had split up into two nations at this time…
…known as “Upper Egypt” and “Lower Egypt”.
In addition, tribal warlords had seized control of certain areas causing even more chaos inside of what used to be a united nation.
One other point before I close.
Understand that Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt have the opposite meaning in terms of how we normally understand directions.
Upper Egypt was actually the southern part of Egypt and Lower Egypt was the northern part.
I’m done.
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