RELIGIONS
ISLAM
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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a long drought and famine
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a war with Palestine
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pressure from the Romans
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invasion by the Canaanites
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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: -In the first book of the Pentateuch, the Book of Genesis, the Israelites had come to live in Egypt in the Land of Goshen during a famine due to the fact that an Israelite, Joseph, had become a high official in the court of the pharaoh.
Detailed explanation-3: -This event, known as the Exodus, most likely occurred during the reign of the pharaoh Merneptah, between 1224 and 1211 B.C.E. Archaeologists have found an Egyptian document written on papyrus from this time period that describes Jews being forced to leave, further authenticating this story.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Israelites believed in only one God. A long drought began in Canaan, so the Israelites had to move to Egypt.