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The Israelites were in Egypt for some 430 years. They numbered only seventy when they first arrived in Egypt at the invitation of the Pharaoh whose acclaimed vizier [[Joseph and Imhotep|Joseph]] (Israel / Jacob's eleventh son) was saving Egypt from a famine that had lasted several years. Joseph had interpreted the Pharaoh's dream and the Pharaoh had put him as second in charge of Egypt. Joseph had built grain silos during the years of abundance that had preceded the famine and had implemented a 20% tax on the grain that was produced to fill them. When the famine came, Joseph sold the grain to the Egyptians and surrounding countries who eventually had to part with their animals and land in order to buy enough food from Joseph to survive. The Israelites were allowed to settle in the best part of the land; Goshen. They multiplied quickly and soon became numerous. | The Israelites were in Egypt for some 430 years. They numbered only seventy when they first arrived in Egypt at the invitation of the Pharaoh whose acclaimed vizier [[Joseph and Imhotep|Joseph]] (Israel / Jacob's eleventh son) was saving Egypt from a famine that had lasted several years. Joseph had interpreted the Pharaoh's dream and the Pharaoh had put him as second in charge of Egypt. Joseph had built grain silos during the years of abundance that had preceded the famine and had implemented a 20% tax on the grain that was produced to fill them. When the famine came, Joseph sold the grain to the Egyptians and surrounding countries who eventually had to part with their animals and land in order to buy enough food from Joseph to survive. The Israelites were allowed to settle in the best part of the land; Goshen. They multiplied quickly and soon became numerous. | ||
Joseph died at the age of 110 years, 80 years after first came into the service of the Pharaohs. He would have served several pharoahs. When Joseph died, he was given a royal Egyptian burial. | Joseph died at the age of 110 years, 80 years after he first came into the service of the Pharaohs. He would have served several pharoahs. When Joseph died, he was given a royal Egyptian burial. | ||
Many years after Joseph died, a pharaoh emerged who did not know Joseph and did not care that he had made the pharaoh's rich. He resented that Joseph's family, the Israelites, were becoming so numerous and feared that they would join their enemies. He decided to enslave them and make them work the fields or make mud bricks. | Many years after Joseph died, a pharaoh emerged who did not know Joseph and did not care that he had made the pharaoh's rich. He resented that Joseph's family, the Israelites, were becoming so numerous and feared that they would join their enemies. He decided to enslave them and make them work the fields or make mud bricks. | ||
