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Some believe that Amenemhet IV should be identified as the [[Moses]] of the Biblical Exodus.<ref name=Ashton92>Ashton, John F., and Down, David. ''[[Unwrapping the Pharaohs: How Egyptian Archaeology Confirms the Biblical Timeline]]'' p.92, Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2006.</ref> [[Sobekneferu]] is often listed as Amenemhet IVs sister and also his wife, and it may have been she who found Moses in the Nile River. It is known that she had no children, which may explain why Amenemhet III was willing to accept him as heir to the throne. But when Moses came of age and identified himself with the people of [[Israel]], he was forced to flee from Egypt, leaving way for [[Sobekneferu]] to take the throne. When Sobekneferu died the dynasty died and was succeeded by the 13th dynasty. <ref name=JOC /> The pharaohs of the 13th dynasty had very short reigns. The 13th dynasty ended with the invasion of the [[Hyksos]] not long after the [[Exodus of Israel]]. | Some believe that Amenemhet IV should be identified as the [[Moses]] of the Biblical Exodus.<ref name=Ashton92>Ashton, John F., and Down, David. ''[[Unwrapping the Pharaohs: How Egyptian Archaeology Confirms the Biblical Timeline]]'' p.92, Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2006.</ref> [[Sobekneferu]] is often listed as Amenemhet IVs sister and also his wife, and it may have been she who found Moses in the Nile River. It is known that she had no children, which may explain why Amenemhet III was willing to accept him as heir to the throne. But when Moses came of age and identified himself with the people of [[Israel]], he was forced to flee from Egypt, leaving way for [[Sobekneferu]] to take the throne. When Sobekneferu died the dynasty died and was succeeded by the 13th dynasty. <ref name=JOC /> The pharaohs of the 13th dynasty had very short reigns. The 13th dynasty ended with the invasion of the [[Hyksos]] not long after the [[Exodus of Israel]]. | ||
Egypt's wealth and power reached it's peak in the 12th dynasty under [[Sesostris III]] and his son [[Amenemhet III]] but as they had no successors, the Middle Kingdom started to fall apart when they died. [[Moses]], an Israelite baby, was adopted by the Princess Sobekneferu and groomed to be the next Pharaoh (Amenemhet IV). Amenemhet IV did in fact co-reign with Amenemhet III for a period of 9 yrs but when he had to flee to Midian at the age of 40 years, there was suddenly no successor for Amenemhet III. His daughter Sobekneferu had to take over the reigns when [[Amenemhet III]] died. She only lived for another 4 yrs and when she died, the 12th dynasty ended, Egypt fell into turmoil and became politically unstable. There was a quick succession of Pharaohs in the 13th dynasty until [[Neferhotep]] who was the Pharaoh who was ruling when Moses (Amenemhet IV) returned from exile in Midian. After a series of ten plagues that were inflicted on Egypt, Neferhotep let Moses take the Israelities into the desert. When they did not return, he pursued them with his army. The Israelites were able to cross the Red Sea at the Gulf of Aqaba but [[Neferhotep]] and his army drowned when they tried to follow. | Egypt's wealth and power reached it's peak in the 12th dynasty under [[Sesostris III]] and his son [[Amenemhet III]] but as they had no successors, the Middle Kingdom started to fall apart when they died. [[Moses]], an Israelite baby, was adopted by the Princess [[Sobekneferu]] and groomed to be the next Pharaoh ([[Amenemhet IV]]). [[Amenemhet IV]] did in fact co-reign with Amenemhet III for a period of 9 yrs but when he had to flee to Midian at the age of 40 years, there was suddenly no successor for Amenemhet III. His daughter Sobekneferu had to take over the reigns when [[Amenemhet III]] died. She only lived for another 4 yrs and when she died, the 12th dynasty ended, Egypt fell into turmoil and became politically unstable. There was a quick succession of Pharaohs in the 13th dynasty until [[Neferhotep]] who was the Pharaoh who was ruling when Moses (Amenemhet IV) returned from exile in Midian. | ||
[[Moses]] ([[Amenehet IV]]) brought God's message to the Pharaoh ([[Neferhotep]]); namely, "let My People (The Israelites) go". Supported by his biological brother [[Aaron]] and his biological sister [[Miriam]] who were Hebrew slaves, [[Moses]] alias [[Amenemhet IV]] became the God ordained leader and spokesman of the Israelites who had grown in number to 2 million and had been serving the 12th dynasty pharaohs as slaves for around 200 yrs; making mubricks for the inner core of the 12th dynasty pyramids and working the fields. The pharaoh of the time, [[Neferhotep]] would not listen to [[Moses]] and is brother [[Aaron]]. After a series of ten plagues that were inflicted on Egypt, [[Neferhotep]] let [[Moses]] ([[Amenemhet IV]]) take the Israelities into the desert. When they did not return, he pursued them with his army. The Israelites were able to cross the [[Red Sea]] at the Gulf of Aqaba but [[Neferhotep]] and his army drowned when they tried to follow. | |||
Not only did Egypt lose its slave labour force, it lost it's monarch, it's entire army and it's transportation system. It was a massive defeat and not something that Egyptian historians would want to memorialize. | Not only did Egypt lose its slave labour force, it lost it's monarch, it's entire army and it's transportation system. It was a massive defeat and not something that Egyptian historians would want to memorialize. | ||
