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''Main Article'': [[Moses and Amenemhet IV]] | ''Main Article'': [[Moses and Amenemhet IV]] | ||
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> | ||
He was born to a [[Hebrew]] slave [[Jochebed]] during the first six years of the reign of Amenemhet III when he was co-reigning with his father Sesostris III. Amenemhet III or mayby his father [[Sesostris III]] ordered the Egyptian midwives to kill the male babies of the Hebrew slaves when they were born. The midwives resisted doing this. Moses was hidden by his sister Miriam amongst the reeds of the Nile in a basket only to be found by the pharaoh's daughter [[Sobekneferu]]. She being childless, adopted him and raised him in her own household, no doubt training him to be the next pharaoh [[Amenemhet IV]]. | |||
[[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. | 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. | ||
