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• Seti IPeople

  Seti I was the second pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, reigning in the thirteenth century BC. He was the father of Ramesses II. His name appears in discussions about the identity of the "Pharaoh" in the Book of Exodus.

• Jehoahaz (King of Judah)People

  Jehoahaz was a son of King Josiah of Judah. He came to the throne after his father's death and reigned for three months. Pharaoh Necho of Egypt deposed him and carried him off to Egypt, where he died. The Book of Jeremiah refers to him as Shallum.

• Isaiah 19Bible

  Isaiah 19 is the part of the Book of Isaiah's oracles against the nations that concerns Egypt. After declaring that Egypt will collapse through civil strife and the drying up of the Nile, it looks ahead to a day when Egypt and Assyria will worship the LORD together with Israel and be blessed.

• Ezekiel 32Bible

  Ezekiel 32 is the final chapter of the oracles against the nations in the Book of Ezekiel. It contains two laments over Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and depicts Pharaoh descending to Sheol to lie with the nations that perished before him.

• Exodus 3Bible

  Exodus 3 is the chapter in which God appears to Moses in the burning bush at Mount Horeb and calls him. God commissions him to bring Israel out of Egypt and reveals His name as "I AM THAT I AM" and "the LORD."

• 2 Chronicles 35Bible

  2 Chronicles 35 records the great Passover that Josiah, king of Judah, kept in the eighteenth year of his reign, his death at Megiddo in battle against Necho, king of Egypt, and the mourning for him.

• Euphrates RiverBible

  The Euphrates is a great river of Western Asia that flows across Mesopotamia and still bears that name today. In the Bible it appears as one of the four rivers of Eden, as a boundary of the land promised to Abraham, and in scenes of judgment in the Book of Revelation.

• Exodus 9Bible

  Exodus 9 records the fifth (the plague on livestock), sixth (boils), and seventh (hail) of the ten plagues. Pharaoh confesses his wrongdoing, yet once the hail stops he hardens his heart again.

• Exodus 13Bible

  Exodus 13 sets out the ordinance for consecrating the firstborn to God and the ordinance of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. It then describes Israel setting out into the wilderness, carrying the bones of Joseph and led by the pillar of cloud and the pillar of fire.

• Jeremiah 11Bible

  Jeremiah 11 is the chapter in which Jeremiah proclaims disaster on Judah for breaking the covenant made at the time of the Exodus. Its latter part recounts a plot by the people of his hometown, Anathoth, to kill him.

• AlexandriaBible

  Alexandria is a port city on the Mediterranean coast of northern Egypt. It is mentioned four times in the Bible, all in the Book of Acts. It was the hometown of Apollos and, according to tradition, the place where the Septuagint was translated.

• Psalm 114Bible

  Psalm 114 is a short hymn of praise celebrating Israel's exodus from Egypt and its journey through the wilderness. It portrays the sea, the Jordan, and the mountains retreating and leaping before God, and it calls on the whole earth to tremble in the presence of the Lord.

• Psalm 80Bible

  Psalm 80 is a psalm of Asaph and a communal lament. Comparing Israel to a vine brought out of Egypt and planted, it implores God, the "Shepherd of Israel," to restore His devastated people.

• Joseph (Son of Jacob)People

  Joseph is a figure in the Book of Genesis, the son of Jacob and Rachel. Sold into slavery in Egypt by his brothers, he rose to become the country's chief administrator and saved his family during a famine. He is distinct from Joseph of Nazareth, the legal father of Jesus.

• ExodusBible

  Exodus is the second book of the Old Testament. It recounts how the people of Israel escaped bondage in Egypt, entered into a covenant with God at Mount Sinai, and erected the tabernacle.

• PotipharPeople

  Potiphar is an Egyptian who appears in the Book of Genesis. An officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, he bought Joseph, who had been sold into Egypt by his brothers, and placed him in charge of his household. After hearing his wife's false accusation, he had Joseph put in prison.

• Red SeaBible

  The Red Sea lies between Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula. In the Book of Exodus, it is where Israel crossed through the midst of the sea on dry ground and where the waters engulfed the pursuing Egyptian army.

• The ExodusBible

  The Exodus is the event in which the people of Israel, led by Moses, escaped slavery in Egypt, crossed the Red Sea, and journeyed to Mount Sinai. It is regarded as the defining example of God's salvation in the Old Testament.

• ZipporahPeople

  Zipporah, a figure in the Book of Exodus, was the daughter of Jethro, the priest of Midian, and the wife of Moses. She is known for circumcising her son on the way back to Egypt.