What are your thoughts on the Hyksos Expulsion being the same event as the Biblical Exodus?

Answer 1

According to the traditional history timeline, the Hyksos entered Egypt circa 1720 B.C. They conquered Lower Eygpt (the Delta) and established their capital at Avaris. All the while, Upper Egypt remained predominately independent of Hyksos domination. Thus arose the powerful Theban family who launched Egyptian rebellion against the Hyksos in the latter portion of the 1600s B.C. Ultimately, Ahmose I, son of Seqenenre Tao II and brother of Kamose, conquered Avaris and "expelled" the Hyksos about 1550 B.C.

Using the chronology of Scripture in relation to significant Biblical events and how they coincide with other historical events...Jacob and the Israelites entered Egypt about 1717 B.C. and settled in Goshen, near to Avaris. Yosef would have been chief representative for the Hyksos ruler at Avaris. Moses was born approximately 1558 B.C. He would have grown up under authentic Egyptian (Theban) rule, not under the Hyksos. So we can assume that the Hyksos had been defeated by the time of Moses's birth. Also, because Goshen was separate of Avaris, it could have been conquered much earlier than Avaris and it's inhabitants enslaved as early as 1650 B.C., which is when Theban rulers started attacking Hyksos (Delta) provinces.

In conclusion, I believe that the Hyksos were not the Israelites themselves, but a related Semitic people that God allowed to enter Lower Egypt and dominate it a decade or so before the Israelites entered Egypt. Later, the Thebans of Upper Egypt rallied together and defeated the Hyksos. They gained control of most of the Lower Egyptian provinces and oppressed the Israelites, who the Egyptians apparently viewed as a people akin to the Hyksos...thus they wanted to neutralize any threat the Israelites posed. Moses grew up under this new pure Egyptian (Theban) aristocracy (the 18th Dynasty), which was bent on expansion and domination.

Moreover, we know that Egyptian inscriptions reference two Semitic peoples who came to Egypt around the same time, one being the "Heka Khasut" ("foreign rulers", i.e., the Hyksos) and the other being the "Amo" ("His people", i.e., the Amo-El or the Isrealites). Furthermore, the Hyksos entered enmass and conquered via warfare. The Israelites numbered only about 70 individuals upon their entrance into Egypt and peacefully settled Goshen. Thus there is a marked difference between the two peoples. Perhaps there was a significant Hyksos remnant among the Israelites at the time of the Exodus, approximately 1478 B.C., which would explain the Biblical reference to the "mixed multitude."

Answer 2

Dispite the techniques approximately who the Hyksos have been there is not any genuine supportive evidence, there are various clues besides the shown fact that, that the Egyptian Hyksos rulers have been the youngsters of Israel, who could grow to be Hebrew speaking and followers of the newly shaped Judaism after leaving Egypt with Moses, step grandson of Thuthmoses. The maximum effective is that the two the Egyptian version and the Hebrew version of those 2 bills are almost same interior the element provided, the later evidence grow to be from the 1st century historian Josephus who grow to be Jewish himself and it appears that evidently stated that the Hyksos and the Jews have been in actuality an identical people. some others no longer liking the bills of Josephus have claimed that his works have been corrupted in translation or added to in an attempt to discredit his artwork. that's an fairly difficult question to get any stable solutions approximately.

Answer 3

I've heard that theory and think it definitely has its merits. I mean history proves Egyptians never used Jewish people extensively as slaves, certianly not in enough quantities that the Israelites were supposed to have back then . . . and why the hell would an Egyptian king send his whole army after a bunch of escaped slaves? They were a great empire, give 'em some credit! Also the Hyksos were a Semitic people who were driven out of Egypt after a period of enforced rule that the Egyptians hated so much they actually destroyed all records of them ever being in Egypt, so we don't have much to go on as how they ruled . . . but I do know that one of their kings' names was the equivalent for "Jacob." The Hyksos' flight from Egypt also coincides with about the time the country of ancient Israel was formed as well . . . probably the story was changed to them being slaves as the story evolved over the centuries by oral historians, and of course no one likes to view themselves in a bad light so the Israelites would relate themselves as the victims, not the oppressors . . . but there is no concrete proof yet. It's a good theory, but as yet no more than a theory.

Answer 4

Yes it could be true I saw a program on I think the History Channel last night about that. I forgot the name but it was call the exodus something. But by their history of the Hyksos doesn't really seem to add up.

Answer 5

Cannot be the same event.
The Israelites were released from bondage in Egypt thousands of years before the Hyksos were expelled.

Answer 6

The very fact that this is the only "exodus" of of Egypt by indo-europeans negates the claims of a "Jewish" exodus out of Egypt

Answer 7

From what I have read they were separate events.