The Rephaim And Their Connection With Egyptian History PDF Download

Excerpt from The Rephaim: And Their Connection With Egyptian History Before we can hope to understand fully the political condition of Egypt and that of Israel, at the momentous epoch when the latter were "brought out of the house of bondage" to be made a nation among nations, we must ascend the stream of time some five centuries, in order to study the revolutions wrought during that interval in the condition of those people of Palestine who were the precursors of Israel in the land; and who, under the appointment of an overruling Providence, were the principal agents in working out - indirectly, the destinies of Israel, - and directly, those of Egypt. The two centuries preceding the Exode are a point in time when the history of these two nations unites; and we must look to Palestine for the connecting link between them. Why - when Joseph's family entered Egypt (Gen. xlvi. 34) - was every shepherd such an abomination to the Egyptians, that the relatives of the king's greatest benefactor were objects of suspicion to his people from their manner of life and occupation? Why was the land of Goshen the only spot in all Egypt where they could be tolerated by the population? What revolutions subsequently brought on such a change of feeling towards the blameless and harmless Hebrews, that nothing short of their extermination could make the Egyptian monarch feel sure of his kingdom's safety? Why was he afraid that if they left the land, they would join his enemies? (Ex. i. 8 - 10.) And finally, who were those enemies? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.