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[[Moses]] 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]]. | [[Moses]] 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, but it seems to 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 12th dynasty ended and was succeeded by the 13th dynasty. | [[Sobekneferu]] is often listed as Amenemhet IVs sister and also his wife, but it seems to 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 12th dynasty ended and was succeeded by the 13th dynasty. | ||
Egypt's wealth and power reached it's peak in the 12th dynasty under [[Sesostris III]] and his son [[Amenemhet III]] | 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]]. By the end of the 12th dynasty, the Jews had come to number about 2 million. They had been in Egypt for 400 years and they had served as slaves for about half of this time. The 12th dynasty pharaohs had long forgoten Joseph / Imhotep of the 3rd dynasty and were becoming fearful of the Jews because they were so numerous. The 12th dynasty pharaohs decided to oppress the Jews and made them in to slaves. They were forced to work the fields and make mudbricks for the inner core of the 12th dynasty pyramids. | |||
As [[Amenemhet III]] was left with no male successor, the Middle Kingdom started to fall apart when he died. [[Amenemhet III]] hoped that [[Moses]], an Israelite baby, adopted by the Princess [[Sobekneferu]] and groomed to be the next Pharaoh ([[Amenemhet IV]]) would be able to continue the 12th dynasty. [[Amenemhet IV]] did in fact co-reign with Amenemhet III for a period of 9 yrs, but when he revealed his affections towards his biological kindred, he had to flee to Midian (when 40 years of age). Suddenly, there was no male successor for Amenemhet III. [[Sobekneferu]], the princess that found [[Moses]] amongst the reeds of the Nile and raised him as her own, had to take over the reigns herself when [[Amenemhet III]] died. She only lived for another 4 yrs (maybe 8 years) 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 his exile in [[Midian]]. | |||
