WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -According to the Old Testament, the Hebrews wandered in the desert of the Sinai Peninsula (which is between Egypt and Canaan) for 40 years.

Detailed explanation-2: -As early as the 3rd century BCE, there was a widespread diaspora of Jews in many Egyptian towns and cities. In Josephus’s history, it is claimed that, after the first Ptolemy took Judea, he led some 120, 000 Jewish captives to Egypt from the areas of Judea, Jerusalem, Samaria, and Mount Gerizim.

Detailed explanation-3: -God told Abraham to settle in Canaan. A shortage of food later forced the Israelites to leave Canaan. Many Israelites moved to Egypt.

Detailed explanation-4: -“The Israelites had done Moses’s bidding and borrowed/requested (va-yishalu) from the Egyptians objects of silver and gold and clothing. And the Lord had disposed the Egyptians favorably toward the people, and they let them have their request; thus they stripped/despoiled the Egyptians” (Exodus 12:35-6).