Egyptians in the Bible
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Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
And all the land of Egypt suffered from the dearth. And the people cried to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph: what he says to you, that do.
And the famine was on all the earth. And Joseph opened every place in which there was provision, and sold grain to the Egyptians; and the famine was grievous in the land of Egypt.
So Joseph's ten brethren went down, - to buy corn from the Egyptians;
And they served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who were eating with him by themselves, for Egyptians {could not dine} with Hebrews, because that [was] a detestable thing to Egyptians.
And {he wept loudly}, so that the Egyptians heard [it] and the household of Pharaoh heard [it].
Then you must say, 'You servants [are] men of livestock from our childhood until now, both we and also our ancestors,' so that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd [is] a detestable thing to Egyptians."
And when money came to an end in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, saying, Give us bread! for why should we die before thee? for our money is all gone.
And Joseph bought all the soil of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them; and the land became Pharaoh's.
And so Israel was living among the Egyptians in the land of Goshen; and they got property there, and became very great in numbers and in wealth.
Forty days {were required for it}, for thus [are] the days {required for} embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
And when the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, saw the mourning ceremony at the threshing floor of Atad they said, "This [is] a severe mourning for the Egyptians." Therefore its name was called Abel-Mizraim, which [is] beyond the Jordan.
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Chariots » Used in war by the » Egyptians
Commerce » Carried on by » Egyptians
And the sons of Israel will come to buy in the midst of those coming; for the famine was in the land of Canaan. And Joseph, he the ruler over the land, and he selling grain to all the people of the earth; and Joseph's brethren will come, and will worship before him the face to the earth. And Joseph will see his brethren, and will know them, and he will not let himself be known to them. And will speak with them hard things: and he will say to them, From whence came ye? And they will say, From the land of Canaan to buy food. And Joseph will know his brethren, and they knew him not And Joseph will remember the dreams which he dreamed concerning them, and he will say to them, Ye spying; to see the naked places of the land ye came. And they will say to him, Nay my lord, and thy servants came to buy food. We all one man's sons; we true; we thy servants were not spying. And he will say to them, Nay, to see the naked places of the land ye came. And they will say, Thy servants twelve brethren; we the sons of one man in the land of Canaan: and behold, the little one with our father this day, and one, not And Joseph will say to them, This which I spake to you, saying, Ye spying: In this ye shall be proved; Pharaoh living, if ye shall go forth from here except in the coming of your brother, the little one hither. Send one of you and he shall take your brother, and ye to be bound, and your words shall be proved, whether the truth with you; and if not, Pharaoh living, for ye are spying. And he will gather them to guard three days. And Joseph will say to them in the third day, This do ye, and live, I fearing God. If ye true, one of your brethren shall be bound in the house of your guard, and ye yourselves go carry the selling for the famine of your houses. And ye shall bring your little brother to me, and your words shall be believed, and ye shall not die. And they will do so. And they will say, a man to his brother, Truly we guilty concerning our brother, when we saw the straits of his soul in his entreating us, and we heard him not; for this, these straits are come to us. And Reuben will answer them, saying, Spake I not to you, saying, Ye shall not sin against the child; and ye heard not? and also behold his blood was required. And they will not know that Joseph heard them, for an interpreter between them. And he will turn about from them, and will weep; and he will turn back to them and speak to them, and he will take from them Simeon, and will bind him before their eyes. And Joseph will command, and they will fill their vessels with grain, and turn back their silver to a man, into his sack, and give to them provision for the way: and he will do thus to them. And they will lift up the grain upon their asses, and they will go from thence. And the one will open his sack to give food to his ass in the lodging place, and he will see his silver; for behold, it in the mouth of his sack. And he will say to his brethren, My silver restored; and also behold in my sack: and their heart will go forth and they will tremble, a man saying to his brother, What this God did to us? And they will come to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and they will announce to him all having happened to them, saying, The man, the lord of the land, spake to us hard things, and he will give us for spying the land. And we shall say to him, We are true; we were not spying; We are twelve brethren, sons of our father: one is not, and the little one, he with our father in the land of Canaan. And the man, the lord of the land, will say to us, In this I shall know that ye are true; leave one of your brethren with me, and take for the famine of your houses and go. And bring your little brother to me, and I shall know that ye are not spying, but ye are true: I will give to you your brother and ye shall traffic in the land.
Commerce » Egyptians
And the sons of Israel will come to buy in the midst of those coming; for the famine was in the land of Canaan. And Joseph, he the ruler over the land, and he selling grain to all the people of the earth; and Joseph's brethren will come, and will worship before him the face to the earth. And Joseph will see his brethren, and will know them, and he will not let himself be known to them. And will speak with them hard things: and he will say to them, From whence came ye? And they will say, From the land of Canaan to buy food. And Joseph will know his brethren, and they knew him not And Joseph will remember the dreams which he dreamed concerning them, and he will say to them, Ye spying; to see the naked places of the land ye came. And they will say to him, Nay my lord, and thy servants came to buy food. We all one man's sons; we true; we thy servants were not spying. And he will say to them, Nay, to see the naked places of the land ye came. And they will say, Thy servants twelve brethren; we the sons of one man in the land of Canaan: and behold, the little one with our father this day, and one, not And Joseph will say to them, This which I spake to you, saying, Ye spying: In this ye shall be proved; Pharaoh living, if ye shall go forth from here except in the coming of your brother, the little one hither. Send one of you and he shall take your brother, and ye to be bound, and your words shall be proved, whether the truth with you; and if not, Pharaoh living, for ye are spying. And he will gather them to guard three days. And Joseph will say to them in the third day, This do ye, and live, I fearing God. If ye true, one of your brethren shall be bound in the house of your guard, and ye yourselves go carry the selling for the famine of your houses. And ye shall bring your little brother to me, and your words shall be believed, and ye shall not die. And they will do so. And they will say, a man to his brother, Truly we guilty concerning our brother, when we saw the straits of his soul in his entreating us, and we heard him not; for this, these straits are come to us. And Reuben will answer them, saying, Spake I not to you, saying, Ye shall not sin against the child; and ye heard not? and also behold his blood was required. And they will not know that Joseph heard them, for an interpreter between them. And he will turn about from them, and will weep; and he will turn back to them and speak to them, and he will take from them Simeon, and will bind him before their eyes. And Joseph will command, and they will fill their vessels with grain, and turn back their silver to a man, into his sack, and give to them provision for the way: and he will do thus to them. And they will lift up the grain upon their asses, and they will go from thence. And the one will open his sack to give food to his ass in the lodging place, and he will see his silver; for behold, it in the mouth of his sack. And he will say to his brethren, My silver restored; and also behold in my sack: and their heart will go forth and they will tremble, a man saying to his brother, What this God did to us? And they will come to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and they will announce to him all having happened to them, saying, The man, the lord of the land, spake to us hard things, and he will give us for spying the land. And we shall say to him, We are true; we were not spying; We are twelve brethren, sons of our father: one is not, and the little one, he with our father in the land of Canaan. And the man, the lord of the land, will say to us, In this I shall know that ye are true; leave one of your brethren with me, and take for the famine of your houses and go. And bring your little brother to me, and I shall know that ye are not spying, but ye are true: I will give to you your brother and ye shall traffic in the land.
Egyptians » Alliances with, forbidden to the israelites
Egyptians » Visted by plagues
And he will give their produce to the devourer, and their labor to the locust He will kill their vine with hail, and their sycamore trees with frost He will deliver their cattle to the hail, and their possessions to the flames. He will send upon them the burning of his anger, outpouring and wrath, and straits, sending evil messengers. He will prepare a beaten path for his anger; he spared not their soul from death, and their life he delivered to the word; And he will strike all the firstborn in Egypt; the first-fruits of their toils in the tents of Ham:
Egyptians » Invade the land of israel » Under pharaoh-necho
And he will do evil in the eyes of Jehovah according to all which his fathers did. And Pharaoh-Necho will bind him in Riblah in the land of Hamath, in reigning in Jerusalem; and he will give a fine upon the land, a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. And Pharaoh-Necho will make Eliakim son of Josiah, king, instead of Josiah his father, and he will turn his name to Jehoiakim, and he took Jehoahaz: and he will come to Egypt and die there. And the silver and the gold Jehoiakim gave to Pharaoh; but he estiated the land to give the silver at the mouth of Pharaoh; a man according to his estimation, he exacted the silver and the gold with the people of the land to give to Pharaoh-Necho.
And the archers will shoot at king Josiah; and the king will say to his servants, Cause me to pass away; for I was made sick greatly. And his servants will cause him to pass from the chariot, and they will cause him to ride in the second chariot which was to him; and they will cause him to go to Jerusalem, and he will die, and be buried in the graves of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourning for Josiah.
Egyptians » Firstborn of destroyed
Egyptians » Pursue israelites, and the army of, destroyed
And Jehovah will bind fast the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he will pursue after the sons of Israel: and the sons of Israel went forth with a high hand. And the Egyptians will pursue after them, and they will enclose them, having encamped by the sea; all the horse, the chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen and his army, by the mouth of Hahiroth, before Baal-Zephon. And Pharaoh drew near, and the sons of Israel will lift up their eyes, and behold, Egypt encamped behind them; and they will be exceedingly afraid: and the sons of Israel will cry to Jehovah. And they will say to Moses, Because no tombs are in Egypt, didst thou take us to die in the desert? what this thou didst to us to bring us forth out of Egypt? Is not this the word which we spake to thee in Egypt, saying, Desist from us, and we will serve the Egyptians? For it is good to us to serve Egypt rather than that we died in the desert And Moses will say to the people, Ye shall not fear; stand ye and see the deliverance of Jehovah, which he will do to you this day: for the Egyptians whom ye saw this day, ye shall not add to see them more forever. Jehovah will wage war for you and ye shall be silent And Jehovah will say to Moses, Why wilt thou cry to me? speak to the sons of Israel and they shall remove. And thou, lift up thy rod, and stretch forth thy hand over the sea, and break it up: and the sons of Israel shall go in the midst of the sea on dry land. And I, behold me binding fast the heart of the Egyptians, and they shall go after them: and I will be honored in Pharaoh, and upon all his army, and in his chariots, and in his horsemen. And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah in the getting me honor in Pharaoh, in his chariots and in his horsemen. And the messenger of God going before the camp of Israel will remove, and will go from behind them; and the pillar of the cloud will remove from before them, and will stand from behind them, And it will come between the camp of Egypt and between the camp of Israel; and it will be the cloud, and the darkness, and it will make the night light: and this drew not near to this all the night And Moses will stretch forth his hand over the sea, and Jehovah will cause the sea to go by a strong east wind all the night; and he will set the sea for dry land, and the waters will be rent And the sons of Israel will go in the midst of the sea on dry land; and the waters to them a wall from their right hand and from their left. And the Egyptians will pursue and will go after them, all the horse of Pharaoh and his chariots and his horsemen to the midst of the sea. And it will be in the watch of the morning, Jehovah will look forth to the camp of Egypt in the pillar of fire and the cloud, and he will disturb the camp of Egypt And he will remove the wheel of their chariots, and they will drive in heaviness; and Egypt will say, I will flee from the face of Israel; for Jehovah waged war for them against Egypt And Jehovah will say to Moses, Stretch forth thy hand over the sea, and the waters shall turn back upon Egypt, upon its chariots and upon its horsemen. And Moses will stretch forth his hand over the sea, and the sea will turn back before the morning to its perpetuity. And the Egyptians fled at meeting it, and Jehovah will shake off Egypt in the midst of the sea. And the waters will turn back, and will cover the. chariots and the horsemen, to all Pharaoh's army coming after them into the sea: and there was not left among them even one. And the sons of Israel came upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were to them a wall from the right hand and from the left And Jehovah will save Israel in that day, from the hand of Egypt: and Israel will see the Egyptians dead upon the lip of the sea
Egyptians » Invade the land of israel » Under shishak
And Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and the chiefs of Judah who were gathered together to Jerusalem from the face of Shishak, and he will say to them, Thus said Jehovah, Ye forsook me, and I also left you in the hand of Shishak. And the chiefs of Israel, and the king, will humble themselves; and they will say, Jehovah is just. And in Jehovah's seeing that they humbled themselves, the word of Jehovah was to Shemaiah, saying, They humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, and I gave to them as a little for deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. For they shall be to him for servants; and they shall know my service and the service of the kingdoms of the lands. And Shishak king of Egypt will come up against Jerusalem, and will take the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the house of the king; he took the whole: and he will take the shields of gold that Solomon made.
Egyptians » Prophecies of dispersion and restoration of
It shall be lower than the kingdoms, and it shall no more be lifted up over the nations: and I made them few not to rule over the nations.
Egyptians » Refuse to release the israelites
Egyptians » Descendants of the mizraim
Egyptians » The art of embalming the dead practiced by
Egyptians » Aid the israelites against the chaldeans
And the Chaldeans turned back and mimed against this city, and took hand burnt it with fire. Thus said Jehovah, Ye shall not lift up Your souls, saying, Departing, the Chaldeans will go from us: for they shall not go. For if ye struck all the army of the Chaldeans warring with you, and men thrust through remained among them, they shall arise a man in his tent and burn this city in fire. And it was in the going up of the army of the Chaldees from the face of the army of Pharaoh.
Egyptians » Hospitality of, to abraham
Say, now, thou my sister, that it shall be well to me because of thee, and my soul shall live by means of thee. And it shall be when Abram goes to Egypt, and the Egyptians will see the woman that she was very fair. And Pharaoh's rulers will see her, and will praise her to Pharaoh, and the woman shall be taken into Pharaoh's house. And he will do good to Abram on account of her; and there shall be to him sheep and oxen and he-asses, and servants and maids, and she-asses and camels. And Jehovah will touch Pharaoh with great strokes, and his house on account of Sarai, Abram's wife. And Pharaoh will call to Abram, and will say, What this thou didst to me? why didst thou not declare to me that she is thy wife? Why saidst thou, She is my sister and I shall take her to me for a wife? and now behold thy wife, take and go. And Pharaoh will command the men concerning him, and they will send him away, and his wife and all that is to him.
Egyptians » Send the israelites away
Also your sheep, also your oxen take as ye spake, and go and bless also me. And Egypt will be strong upon the people to hasten to send them forth out of the land; for they said, We are all dying. And the people will take up their dough before it will be leavened, their kneading-bowls bound in their garments upon their shoulders. And the sons of Israel did as Moses spake: and they will ask of the Egyptians, silver vessels and gold vessels,' and garments. And Jehovah gave favor to the people in the eyes of the Egyptians, and they will lend them; and they will strip the Egyptians.
Egyptians » Eligible to membership in israelite congregation in the third generation
Egyptians » Conversion of, foretold
Egyptians » An enthusiastic egyptian instigated rebellion against roman government
Egyptians » Refused to eat with hebrews
Egyptians » Slaves bought by
Egyptians » Abhorred shepherds
Egyptians » Wisdom of
Egyptians » Intermarry with the jews
Egyptians » Oppress the israelites
Israel » Borrowed » Egyptians » Jewels
Israel » Oppressed » Enslaved » Egyptians
And he having been exposed, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for a son to herself.
Israel » Urged » Egyptians » To depart
And the people will take up their dough before it will be leavened, their kneading-bowls bound in their garments upon their shoulders. And the sons of Israel did as Moses spake: and they will ask of the Egyptians, silver vessels and gold vessels,' and garments. And Jehovah gave favor to the people in the eyes of the Egyptians, and they will lend them; and they will strip the Egyptians. And the sons of Israel will remove from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand footmen; men apart from the little ones. And also a great mixture went up with them; and sheep and oxen, very much cattle. And they will cook the dough which they brought out of Egypt unleavened cakes, for it was not leavened; for they were driven out of Egypt, for they could not linger, and also they made not for themselves food.
Israel » Pursued » Egyptians
And Jehovah will bind fast the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he will pursue after the sons of Israel: and the sons of Israel went forth with a high hand. And the Egyptians will pursue after them, and they will enclose them, having encamped by the sea; all the horse, the chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen and his army, by the mouth of Hahiroth, before Baal-Zephon. And Pharaoh drew near, and the sons of Israel will lift up their eyes, and behold, Egypt encamped behind them; and they will be exceedingly afraid: and the sons of Israel will cry to Jehovah. And they will say to Moses, Because no tombs are in Egypt, didst thou take us to die in the desert? what this thou didst to us to bring us forth out of Egypt? Is not this the word which we spake to thee in Egypt, saying, Desist from us, and we will serve the Egyptians? For it is good to us to serve Egypt rather than that we died in the desert And Moses will say to the people, Ye shall not fear; stand ye and see the deliverance of Jehovah, which he will do to you this day: for the Egyptians whom ye saw this day, ye shall not add to see them more forever. Jehovah will wage war for you and ye shall be silent And Jehovah will say to Moses, Why wilt thou cry to me? speak to the sons of Israel and they shall remove. And thou, lift up thy rod, and stretch forth thy hand over the sea, and break it up: and the sons of Israel shall go in the midst of the sea on dry land. And I, behold me binding fast the heart of the Egyptians, and they shall go after them: and I will be honored in Pharaoh, and upon all his army, and in his chariots, and in his horsemen. And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah in the getting me honor in Pharaoh, in his chariots and in his horsemen. And the messenger of God going before the camp of Israel will remove, and will go from behind them; and the pillar of the cloud will remove from before them, and will stand from behind them, And it will come between the camp of Egypt and between the camp of Israel; and it will be the cloud, and the darkness, and it will make the night light: and this drew not near to this all the night And Moses will stretch forth his hand over the sea, and Jehovah will cause the sea to go by a strong east wind all the night; and he will set the sea for dry land, and the waters will be rent And the sons of Israel will go in the midst of the sea on dry land; and the waters to them a wall from their right hand and from their left. And the Egyptians will pursue and will go after them, all the horse of Pharaoh and his chariots and his horsemen to the midst of the sea. And it will be in the watch of the morning, Jehovah will look forth to the camp of Egypt in the pillar of fire and the cloud, and he will disturb the camp of Egypt And he will remove the wheel of their chariots, and they will drive in heaviness; and Egypt will say, I will flee from the face of Israel; for Jehovah waged war for them against Egypt And Jehovah will say to Moses, Stretch forth thy hand over the sea, and the waters shall turn back upon Egypt, upon its chariots and upon its horsemen. And Moses will stretch forth his hand over the sea, and the sea will turn back before the morning to its perpetuity. And the Egyptians fled at meeting it, and Jehovah will shake off Egypt in the midst of the sea. And the waters will turn back, and will cover the. chariots and the horsemen, to all Pharaoh's army coming after them into the sea: and there was not left among them even one. And the sons of Israel came upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were to them a wall from the right hand and from the left And Jehovah will save Israel in that day, from the hand of Egypt: and Israel will see the Egyptians dead upon the lip of the sea And Israel will see the great hand which Jehovah did upon Egypt; and the people will fear Jehovah, and they will believe in Jehovah, and in Moses his servant