I just finished reading Ramses II yesterday (and didn't bother to write it), and today I actually picked the prince of Egypt.
The name Prince of Egypt may sound inexplicable, but a different name should strike a chord: Exodus.
The Bible records that the people of Israel living in Egypt were brutally enslaved under Pharaoh's rule. In order to curb their reproduction, the pharaoh even ordered the strangulation of all newborn baby boys in Israel.
In order to save Moses, his parents threw him into the Nile River and witnessed him being picked up by the Egyptian princess and adopted by the Egyptian royal family. Therefore, Moses was called the prince of Egypt.
After Moses knew his origin, he could no longer bear the enslavement of his own people by the Egyptians. After a certain incident of killing the Egyptians who enslaved his own people, Moses fled to Midian and lived in Midian for more than 40 years. After being inspired by God, he returned to Egypt and led the enslaved Israelites to the promised land of God.
When negotiating with the Pharaoh at that time (yes, it was La Er), in order to prove the miracle, Moses first turned his staff into a snake, which was mocked by La Er. He could do this magic; then there were the more famous Ten Plagues:
❥ Blood disaster. Let the waters of the Nile turn red, and the fish and shrimp die. However, when the Nile River floods every year, the river also turns red, so La Er ignores him.
❥ The following plagues of frogs, lice, flies, animal plagues, bubble plagues, hail, locusts, and darkness made Pharaoh terrified, but Pharaoh still refused to let them go.
❥ The disaster of the firstborn. Egypt, from pharaohs to livestock, as long as they were firstborn, were taken away overnight. Pharaoh, whose firstborn had died, agreed to the Israelites to leave Egypt.
❥ Moses divided the sea.
Moses took the Israelites to the Red Sea, and the unwilling Pharaoh chased after him with his army. Moses put the staff into the sea, and the Red Sea was divided so that the Israelites could pass.
And the Pharaoh's army was engulfed by the Red Sea.
The above is the general story of the biblical Exodus.
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There was a quarrel in the barrage, accusing each other of being wrong.
Those who support the pharaoh feel that the Egyptians are not human? The ten plagues and the final annihilation of the Red Sea are so cruel, it can be seen that the God of Israel is not merciful.
The feeling of supporting God: If the Egyptians hadn't enslaved the Israelites first, and the Pharaoh was stubborn, would God have committed the ten plagues?
Combined with the historical data of La Er I read yesterday, I can probably speculate as follows:
After the native land of the Israelites was hit by a drought, the tribe began to wander around, and some of them settled in Egypt and began to multiply.
Because they are not Egyptians and have not been assimilated, Egyptian rulers began to worry that these people reproduced too fast, and if they turned their backs, they would intensify their oppression and control the population by killing male infants.
Ra'er and his father were both construction madmen and oppressed them a lot during their rule over slaves in Israel. In particular, Ra'er liked to build various buildings to show the power of Egypt and to deter the enemy.
Many of the buildings of the Ra 2 period were marvels—in fact, they were the result of oppression of the Israelites.
The Israelis were all doing the hard, tiring and dirty work of making bricks. When they asked Ra'er for mercy, Ra'er simply refused to provide straw for making bricks.
With such a poor living environment and being oppressed and persecuted, it is unlikely that they will not resist. So I fully understand why there is an Exodus.
Why is La Er so stubborn?
First of all, most of the so-called miracles in the Ten Plagues may not be really miracles. In La Er's eyes, it was at most unfortunate, and he suffered a lot of natural disasters in a period of time.
It was not until the eldest son disaster took away his eldest son that he began to reflect on his life.
Letting the Israelites leave was probably because he lost his beloved son for a while, and after he figured it out, he led the soldiers to chase.
Rachel never lost a battle in her life, except for the battle with Moses. Naturally do not believe in evil.
Israelis are an important source of labor for Egypt. 400,000 left at once (it is said that there are millions of elderly, women and children), which is a heavy blow to the economy. Only when the pharaoh's brain is broken will he agree to let them all run away at once. As the ruler of a country, it is normal not to let them go.
There is a saying in modern archaeology that it may have been the swamps of Egypt that engulfed Ra'er and chased the Israeli army.
In my opinion, Exodus is probably a story of resistance wherever there is oppression.
It can be seen that only the same nation with common beliefs can be united. The Egyptian royal family has supported Moses for so many years, and Moses did not say anything against it.
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Moses was the founder of monotheism. Before Moses, everyone was polytheistic and very pragmatic.
The Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten, who was determined to reform the religion, was beaten as a heretic after his death because he only honored the god Aten, and all traces were erased. It can be seen that the religious reform is a skill, and it also pays attention to the right time and place.
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