Who are the descendants of the Israelite - Part 2

Continuation…..… There we see a falling short of the 400 years of slavery to 369. This means that the enslavement of Israel in Egypt could not be the revelation of the prophecy given to Abraham. But there is more the biblical and historical evidence shows that Israel spent even less time that 369 as slaves in Egypt. We will examine this in the nest chapter.

Now we have conclude that the Israelite did not spend 400 years in Egypt as slaves and therefore the Israelite’s experience in Egypt could not been the coming to pass of the prophecy that Yahweh give to Abraham in Genesis 22: 17-18, which says: “I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, 18 and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.” 

Our next Mission in this article is to determine an approximate amount to years Israel spent in Egypt as slaves. We have already learned that Israel spent about 430 years in Egypt and this was revealed in As is outlined in Exodus 12:40. Our research and simple math have let us to know that, from the time Israel or Jacob entered Egypt and to the death of Joseph was seventy one (71) years and those years the Israelite were all free men. Therefore, to this date the record shows Israel spent than four hundred years in Egypt as slaves and therefore their sojourn in Egypt disqualify this experience as being the fulfillment of that prophecy. 

The story in exodus 1: 6 clearly declared that, Joseph and all of his brothers had die and all of the elders of Israel. And a new king rose up who did not know Joseph and therefore Joseph existence had significance on that king. 

It is this new pharaoh what began the enslavement of Egypt. Although most bible scholars, and researchers says there is no evidence that can speak to the time line of these events, this is not so. Because imbedded in Exodus 1: 11 two name appeared, and there are the words Pithom and Raamses. Although there is no historical evidence to validate Pithom there is historical Knowledge validates Raamses. We learn from Hostory that Raamses was an Egyptian king of a pharaoh. This could only mean one thing and that is, Pharaoh Raamses had the Israelites build a city, a monument to his honor and such bear the name of the king. Whether Raamses is the king who began the enslavement of the free men and women – The Israelites or weather he was the second pharaoh it does not really matter. 

Yahweh informed Moses via the burning bush that he who seeks your life is dead and he instructed Moses to return to Egypt. Moses had a very difficult time with the pharaoh, because he insisted not to respect or to comply with the command of Yahweh. Moses last encounter with Pharaoh was just before, the exodus as Yahweh’s messenger/servant he was 80 years old and his brother Aaron was 83 years. 

It is hard to determine how many years Israel spent as slaves in Egypt; this is so because the bible did not detail much when Yahweh told Moses to return to Egypt because the pharaohs who wants to kill him, was dead. I first read this, I got the impression that Moses returned to Israel immediately after the death of the reign of the Pharaoh from whom he fled. However it would not have been safe for Moses to return to Egypt immediately after his death. Because there will be members of the army who would have been willing to prosecute and execute the offending Israelite for the murder of an Egyptian. 

This may be so because the pharaoh has of Egypt has some very short reign as King of Egypt. There were Pharaohs who reigned for 1, 3, 4, 11 years the longest reigning pharaoh was Raamses 11th who reigned as pharaoh for 71 years and was a part of the 20th Dynasty. 

In conclusion, although we cannot pin point the exact amount of years Israel spent in Egypt as slaves, what is important is; Israel spent 430 years in Egypt, however there are 71 years from the entrance of Jacobs in Egypt to the death of Joseph and those 71 years the Israelites were not slaves. When we subtract 17 from 430 we are left with 369 years.