WORLD CIVILIZATION

CIVILIZATION

PHOENICIAN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why do the Hebrews leave Canaan and move to Egypt?
A
bad weather
B
war
C
drought
D
God told them to
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A shortage of food later forced the Israelites to leave Canaan. Many of them moved to Egypt. Eventually, Egypt’s leader, the pharaoh, enslaved them. The Israelites had to work at hard labor.

Detailed explanation-2: -Corresponding to the 40 days that the spies toured the land, God decreed that the Israelites would wander in the wilderness for 40 years as a result of their unwillingness to take the land.

Detailed explanation-3: -Around 1700 BCE, the Hyksos, a foreign dynasty of Canaanite origin, conquered northeastern Egypt. Following their expulsion some 150-100 years later, Egypt entered a period marked by military conquest and cultural finesse during the New Kingdom (c. 1550-1077 BCE).

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