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E 1800 BC plus or minus 75 years.
Joseph’s brothers go to Egypt
during a famine in Canaan. The
pharaoh lets them settle in part of
a fertile land in north-east Egypt
called Goshen, referred to as “the
region of Rameses” in Egyptian
texts.
A
3000 BC
Baal, a Phonecian Idol (I). Israel was
punished for following after this false and
foreign god.
I 1407 or 1241 BC. The priest
Phinehas, Aaron’s grandson, stops
a plague in Israel. God makes a
covenant of peace with him and
his descendants to honour his action (Numbers 25:10-13). Phineas’
name means “the Cushite” or “the
Nubian,” suggesting he had dark
skin. He may have had African
blood from his mother’s father,
Putiel, whose name means either
the “Libyan of God” or the “Somali
of God.”
2500 BC
Moses, in the Reeds of the Nile (F).
F 1526–1525 or 1360–1350 BC.
By this time, the Israelites—descendants of Joseph and his
brothers—become numerous.
The reigning pharaoh fears their
growing strength and orders all
newborn boys killed. Pharaoh’s
daughter finds the infant Moses
in the reeds by the Nile and raises
him in the palace as her son. Moses
spends 40 years in Egypt before
he flees to Midian on the Sinai
Peninsula where he lives for 40
years.
G 1304–1236 BC. The reign of
Ramses II, often considered the
greatest ruler in Egyptian history.
H 1446 or 1280 BC. God uses
Moses to deliver the Israelites from
slavery. They cross the Red Sea and
enter the Sinai Peninsula. While
in the wilderness, Moses marries
a Cushite woman, who was likely
from the region known today as
Sudan (Numbers 12:1).
B
2000 BC
C
D
E
1500 BC
F
H
G
I
Phinehas in Priestly Garments (I).
1000 BC