Emo Tenorio Supporter Shomer

Great question the Hyksos a semitic people who conquered the native kings and established a strong government, with Zoan or Tanis as their capital. To the old native Egyptians, who were an African race, the Hyksos foreign rulers from Syria - Palestine 1663-1555 BC were an abomination

Genesis 12:10-20 Abram pharaoh Mentiu 

Genesis 41 Joseph pharaoh was probably Apopi, or Apopis, the last of the Hyksos foreign rulers.

The Hyksos, who for some 108 years had been masters of Egypt, were driven out, and the old dynasty restored. The Israelites now began to be looked down upon. They began to be afflicted and tyrannized over.

Exodus 1:8-22 The “new king who knew not Joseph” has been generally supposed to have been Aahmes I., or Amosis, as he is called by Josephus. Recent discoveries, have led to the conclusion that Seti was the “new king.”

Seti I. was the father of Rameses II., a great and successful warrior, also the great builder of his city Rameses on the Nile in 13 century BC.

In the Lord's freedom to explore..........warrior on

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JD Abshire Supporter

Based on the research of Dr. David Hocking, he believes Pharaoh of the Exodus was Tuthmosis III. 

Rather than me copying and plagiarizing go to
http://www.blueletterbible.org/Comm/hocking_david/hna/hocking_hna01.cfm

Next click on the blue radio button top-left of the screen "Take this course @ BLBi" 

Open or save the Adobe file "introduction part 2". Begin reading page at 10.
Hocking's knowledge of ancient history and the Word of God is tremendous. The evidence supporting Tuth-"MOSIS" III as the Exodus Pharaoh is awesome! 

You don't actually have to take the course to read the material or listen to the audio but it is a wonderful study for the serious Bible student.

Be blessed!

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John Appelt Supporter

While no names of the pharaohs of Egypt are mentioned in Genesis and Exodus, there is some idea from the research of archaeologist David Down and author John Ashton, who together wrote “Unwrapping the Pharaohs.” The following is derived from this book:

Khufu or Cheops was probably the pharaoh when Abraham, according to Josephus, gave the Egyptians important information about mathematics and astronomy he learned in Chaldea. This explains why Khufu’s Great Pyramid of Giza was the first to have a perfectly square base, exactly oriented to the points on the compass. 

Djoser, aka Djeser, Netjerikhet, Zoser, was noted for the 7-year famine in about his 18th year. He had a vizier named Imhotep who may have been Joseph. (Conjecture is that Pharaoh Djoser means ‘Pharaoh of Joseph.’)

Senusret III or Sesostris III was likely the pharaoh in time of Egyptian slavery, reigning for about 41 years.

Amenemhet III or Amenemes III was likely pharaoh in time of Moses birth to adulthood. He reigned for 46 years He had no sons, but he had two daughters, one of whom was Sobekneferu who came to the river to ceremonially bathe and to pray to the river god of fertility. She found the infant Moses who may have been later trained to be the next pharaoh and served as co-regent, maybe the same as Amenemhet IV who was not of royal birth and mysteriously disappeared off the scene. Without a male successor, Sobekneferu became queen. 

Sobekneferu or Nefrusobek succeeded Amenemhet III, but she reigned for only four years. At her death a new dynasty, the 13th, began.

Neferhotep I or Khasekemre was likely pharaoh in time of the Exodus. His scarab was the latest scarab of the pharaohs found in the excavation of the town of Kahun (or Lahun). According to Manetho he was the last king to rule before the Hyksos (the same people as the Amalekites) occupied Egypt “without a battle.” The mummy of this pharaoh has never been found, presumably perished in the Red Sea. Furthermore, his son Wahneferhotep did not succeed him, likely dying in the plague of the firstborn. But Neferhotep’s brother Sobkhotep IV reigned a few years. 

There is evidence in Kahun of the population suddenly disappearing. Many everyday articles and tools such as fishing nets, hoes, rakes, mallets, flints, chisels, and knives were left behind. Many papyri of legal and political matters and medical treatments were also found. Beneath the floors of the houses were found many boxes contained the skeletons of babies up to three months old, sometimes three in a box. It was not an Egyptian practice to bury around the home area. Although no evidence remains to determine if the infants were just males, this could fit the scenario of the killing of Israelite boys in Exodus 1. 

The research of David Down and John Ashton offers some possible credible connections of these pharaohs to the unnamed pharaohs.

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Jack Gutknecht Supporter Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

Great question, Jack! I can only tell you what David Downs and Dr. Ashton said in their article, "The Pharaohs of the Bible," featured in Unwrapping the Pharaohs:

Pharaoh Sesostris I is identified as the pharaoh who appointed Joseph over Egypt, with Joseph himself possibly being identified as Mentuhotep, Sesostris’ vizier or prime minister. Sesostris III would have been the pharaoh who oppressed the Israelite slaves. Going further back in history, Khufu was probably the pharaoh that Abraham met when he visited Egypt.

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Leslie Coutinho Supporter

Genesis 12:14-15: And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.

Adam’s third son, Seth, was the forefather of Noah. After the Flood, Noah’s son Ham begat, Cush, Mizraim, Phut, and Canaan. The families of the sons of Noah, who were building the Tower of Babel to reach heaven, were then scattered by being given different languages, causing them to no longer understand each other. (Gen 5:4,29/11:4,8-9) Ham’s son, “Mizraim,” which was referred to as “Misr,” in Hebrew text, is referred to as Egypt. In Hebrew texts, Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, relates them to the great house of the royal palace. Thus, as they were scattered with different languages, those in Egypt, descended from Mizraim, spoke Arabic. This was the land of Ham's son, which has the same root as the Hebrew word Mizraim, the son and the land of Ham. (Psalm 105:23) The ancient rulers of Egypt, known as Pharaohs, the kings of Egypt, came from this royal lineage. 

Pharaohs, beginning with the sons of Ham, “Mizraim,” were deeply rooted in their perceived divine status, which originated from the Nile River Valley flowing through the desert and the regions around. This divine status, which they had and were led in building the Tower of Babel, was then scattered, which then led them to construct monumental works, such as the pyramids and temples of worship, which are left behind today. The early kings of Egypt are not specifically named in the scriptures; however, they were described as mighty men akin to giants, only Nimrod who was like a mighty one on the earth as a giant. In the book of 1 Kings, we find a reference to “Shishak, the King of Egypt.” When Solomon sought to kill Jeroboam, he fled into Egypt unto “Shishak the King of Egypt.” (1 Kings 11:40)

The sons of God who took the daughters of men, they bore children who were mighty men, who were renowned in ancient times. These individuals were giants on the earth during those days, and also after that, mighty men who were of old, men of renown on the earth. (Genesis 6:4) In both Genesis and Exodus, there are no names of the Pharaohs, only the forefathers who went into the land of Egypt. The surrounding land was inhabited and constructed, and built by these giants. The Anakin’s are the remnants of the mighty beings who were the inhabitants around this land, having a race of Anakins and the Egyptian kings. (Joshua 14:15/15:13-14)

Psalm 105:23: Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

Numbers 13:22: And they ascended by the south, and came unto He’-bron; where A-hi’-man, She’-shai, and Tal’-mai, the children of A’-nak, were. (Now He’-bron was built seven years before Zo’-an in Egypt.)

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