Psalms Chapter 105 (The New American Bible)
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1 Give thanks to the LORD, invoke his name; make known among the peoples his deeds!
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Sing praise, play music; proclaim all his wondrous deeds!
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Glory in his holy name; rejoice, O hearts that seek the LORD!
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Rely on the mighty LORD; constantly seek his face.
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Recall the wondrous deeds he has done, his signs and his words of judgment,
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You descendants of Abraham his servant, offspring of Jacob the chosen one!
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The LORD is our God who rules the whole earth.
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He remembers forever his covenant, the pact imposed for a thousand generations,
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Which was made with Abraham, confirmed by oath to Isaac,
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And ratified as binding for Jacob, an everlasting covenant for Israel:
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"To you I give the land of Canaan, your own allotted heritage."
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When they were few in number, a handful, and strangers there,
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Wandering from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another,
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2 He let no one oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings:
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" 3 Do not touch my anointed, to my prophets do no harm."
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Then he called down a famine on the land, destroyed the grain that sustained them.
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He had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, sold as a slave.
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They shackled his feet with chains; collared his neck in iron,
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Till his prediction came to pass, and the word of the LORD proved him true.
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The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free.
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He made him lord over his palace, ruler over all his possessions,
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To instruct his princes by his word, to teach his elders wisdom.
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4 Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob lived in the land of Ham.
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God greatly increased his people, made them too many for their foes.
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He turned their hearts to hate his people, to treat his servants unfairly.
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He sent his servant Moses, Aaron whom he had chosen.
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5 They worked his signs in Egypt and wonders in the land of Ham.
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He sent darkness and it grew dark, but they rebelled against his word.
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He turned their waters into blood and killed all their fish.
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Their land swarmed with frogs, even the chambers of their kings.
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He spoke and there came swarms of flies, gnats through all their country.
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For rain he gave them hail, flashes of lightning throughout their land.
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He struck down their vines and fig trees, shattered the trees of their country.
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He spoke and the locusts came, grass hoppers without number.
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They devoured every plant in the land; they ravaged the crops of their fields.
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He struck down every firstborn in the land, the first fruits of all their vigor.
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He brought his people out, laden with silver and gold; no stragglers among the tribes.
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Egypt rejoiced when they left, for panic had seized them.
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He spread a cloud as a cover, and made a fire to light up the night.
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They asked and he brought them quail; with bread from heaven he filled them.
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He split the rock and water gushed forth; it flowed through the desert like a river.
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For he remembered his sacred word to Abraham his servant.
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He brought his people out with joy, his chosen ones with shouts of triumph.
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He gave them the lands of the nations, the wealth of the peoples to own,
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That they might keep his laws and observe his teachings. Hallelujah!
The bible is clearly the most important evidence of the Exodus. Clearly, we cannot please our Heavenly Father without faith. Archaeology proves everyday that history is His story. For a further demonstration, God says His words are the truth. Qumran Dead Sea Scrolls go back for two millenniums showing that scripture does not change. Everyday the gospel fragments indicate that it was written in about 40 A.D. and written by the authors the gospel indicates.
The media does not frequently try to pull the evidence together supporting faith in the scriptures. Even when the evidence is very compelling:
Exodus archaeology is not announced loudly or repeated with frequency in the media. But evidence exists. It is important to remember that Egyptian culture removed the Pharaoh from his many children, the child who grew into Pharaoh frequently scraped buildings and monuments removing evidence of his father's accomplishments changing them to his own accomplishments and memorials.
One of the most fascinating Exodus archaeology artifacts is an eye-witness to the Exodus on the Egyptian side of the Exodus. This citizen is complaining about government officials dealing poorly with plague after plague. The document exists today because all references to the Pharaoh's name in charge were removed. Ipuwer Papyrus ~ An Egyptian Eyewitness to the Exodus ~ Just as the date of the Exodus is debated for centuries, the Ipuwer Papyrus is placed from 1600 B.C. to 1200 B.C. A man named Anastasi discovered the Papyrus in the area of Memphis, near the pyramids of Saqqara in Egypt. Resides now in a museum of Leiden in the Netherlands. Both the Exodus and Thera interpretations assume that the poem records a historical event, which is disputed by many Egyptologists. Ipuwer Papyrus
In his book Pharaohs and Kings: A Biblical Quest, David Rohl suggests that the tomb of Joseph himself is found (1995: 360-67).[6] The evidence seems to support this hypothesis. The Bible is very specific as to what became of Joseph's body. The bones of Joseph were removed and carried with the children of Israel in the Exodus. The statue of the tomb's recipient had a mushroom-shaped hairstyle, painted red, different skin color than that used for Egyptians. A throwstick, the Egyptian hieroglyph for a foreigner, was held against the right shoulder. The statue had been intentionally smashed and defaced.
In Ramses II's topographical list (ca.1275 BC) the place-name "Jacob-El" (#9) appears again (ANET 1969, 242; Simons 1937). The first appearance was in Thutmose III's list. This means that this city of Jacob has been around for two hundred years. Another interesting name that was found is yhw which is "Yahweh" in Hebrew (Horn 1953, 201; Giveon 1964, 244). In Ramses II's topographical list (ca.1275 BC) the place-name "Jacob-El" (#9) appears again (ANET 1969, 242; Simons 1937). The first appearance was in Thutmose III's list. This means that this city of Jacob has been around for two hundred years. Another interesting name that was found is yhw which is "Yahweh" in Hebrew (Horn 1953, 201; Giveon 1964, 244).
It seems abundantly clear from all these topographical lists the Hebrews were in Egypt at this time.
On a statue-base of Amenhotep III at Kom el Hetan which is the funerary temple of Amenhotep III there is a topographical list with the place-name Yspir (Series a:1; Kitchen 1965, 2). This is the same name translated "Joseph-El" in Thutmose III's Topographical list (ANET 1969, 242). After Yspir in both lists the place-name Rkd appears (Series a:2 in Amenhotep III's list, and #79 in Thutmose III's list; Simons 1937, 112). Rkd is the same place-name as Ruhizzi in the El Amarna letters (EA 53:36, 56; EA 5426; EA 56:26; EA 191:2; Rainey 1982, 354). The ruler of Ruhizzi is Arsawuya who seems to be located in northern Palestine or southern Syria (EA 53:36, 56; Moran, 125)
Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. - Exodus 1:8
Satellite images have been reported to show the 40 years of travelling out of Egypt. Other non-biblical accounts are: Hectaeus, a Hellenist who came to Alexandria about 320 BCE, according to Jan Assmann. The Egyptian version begins with a ravaging plague in Egypt, interpreted by the priesthood as a divine punishment for the presence of aliens, whose rites and customs has infiltrated worship. They were expelled under their leader Moses. Lysimachos, 2nd century BCE, begins his story with a famine, that the priestly oracle ordered the Pharaoh to cleanse Egypt from impious settlers, a reference to the Jews who sought refuge from leprosy. The Pharaoh gave orders to drown the lepers, and expel the Hebrews, who gathered around Moses into the desert. Chaeremon, Alexandrian pedagogue and Nero's tutor, gives another version of the story, as expelling the Asiatic and purging Egypt of their associated lepers.
History is His story.
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