12/11/2014

Matching Egyptian History And The Old Testament

By Claudine Hodges


For many years, many scholars have been trying to disprove the reliability of the old testament which can be found in the Bible. However, if one would analyze the chronological order of events in Egyptian history, he would find out that there are some facts that would actually lead to the merging of egyptian history and the old testament. Here are some of the things to look at.

Now the first thing to do would be to take a look at the traditional set of events that are usually found in the books. Now most of them were of course written by Manetho in which many other historians like Josephus and even Herodotus quoted him. However, there are actually not that many real accounts of Manetho and many of the historians who have quoted him have disagreed with each other anyway.

So in order to see how the Bible is related to the history of Egypt, it is important to first take note of Noah. Now had a grandson named Mizraim or Mestraim who was said to be the founding father of all the Egyptians. This is backed up by the claims of the historian Eusebius who stated that after the fall of Babel, Mestraim created Egypt and some of the tribes that came from Babel joined him in order to create the race.

Now the chapters of Genesis and Exodus both state how Abraham visited the land of Egypt with his wife Sarah. Now his visit was made after he made a covenant with God and also during the time when there was a huge plague in the land of Canaan. The Pharaoh during that time was Khufu.

Now one account that would match the two historical books were the pyramid blocks. During the time of Khufu, the blocks that were made for the pyramids were actually not perfectly built and most of them were not perfect squares. This was simply because the Egyptians were not adept in geometry or even advanced arithmetic.

Now in relation to Abraham, if one would trace the records, he would find that after the visit of Abraham, the blocks of the pyramids actually became perfectly squared. The only conclusion that can be drawn from that would be that Abraham taught the Egyptians arithmetic and geometry. This is further supported by the fact that Abraham is part of the Chaldean race, a race known for math skills.

Another very interesting account was that of Moses. If one would look at the 12th dynasty timeline, he would see that during that time, Amenemhet III was the pharaoh. He would also find that the Pharaoh had two daughters and one of the daughters fostered an adopted son which was to be the successor who was actually Moses.

So if one would take a look at all of these accounts, it is quite hard to not take Bible stories into consideration. The reason as to why many people try to brush off the Bible is because they do not accurately check the dates. Because the calendar at that time took a different form, it is possible that scholars could make a mistake.




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