Joseph to Moses-they were in Egypt for nearly 400 years did they knew egyptian language?

Question

or they kept their Hebrew going through all the generations?Ten commandments on the stone were written in what language?

Answer 1

It is reasonable to assume that they spoke both languages. Jews today live throughout the world. They speak Hebrew and the local language.
I don't know what language the Ten Commandments were in, but it would make sense Hebrew because we know they were identified by other tribes as Hebrew speaking.

Answer 2

I need to make several assumptions here. One, you're talking about written language not spoken language. Two, The Exodus happened 200 years earlier than it is originally believed to have happened.

With these assumptions in place, the answer is that they most likely spoke and could read Egyptian as well as their native language. The tablet with the commandments was in Hebrew

The reason I moved the date back from the 19th dynasty to the 18th is that archaeologists has to do with recent discoveries in Egypt that show that not only were the Israelites there (something which has not been proven until now) but that they were also enslaved and left Egypt during the Santorini Eruption that destroyed the Minoan civilization. At the various sites, there are examples of Hebrew writing. Since their language is alphabetic, they did not take it with them when they left Egypt.

Dating at the site showed it to be 1700 BCE and that the person writing it was a slave (Content wise, at any rate). All aspects of the Exodus were covered it the time line is consistent with the above.

Answer 3

Joseph would have needed to know egyptian as he was in charge of grain storage and what not. Moses was raised by an egyptian household, so I feel pretty certain he picked up the language along the way. I do not know what lanuage the tablets were written in but I guess it could have been hebrew or egyptian since the slave coming out of egypt no doubt heard and saw alot af the language around them as well.

Answer 4

The Torah is written in Hebrew, a holy language. Aramaic was the language of the general population. Jews learned (and still do) Hebrew in order to study the Torah, but spoke Aramaic. There are still a few Aramaic speakers.

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Answer 5

Some were bilingual, some only knew Hebrew. The Tablets were written in Hebrew.

Answer 6

They lived in the land of Gosha!
what would be norther part is Egypt!
They lived as a nation in the nation of Egypt!
They kept to them selves, most only spoke Hebrew, but some would have learned Egyptian as well.

Answer 7

Just like our aliens here. They speak English and Mexican.
I'm sure it was like that then.

But Moses being raised as an Egyptian by a Hebrew wet nurse I'm sure knew both languages well.

Answer 8

They Orthedox jews, have always kept the language of Hebrew, so it is my opinion:

The ten commandment were writen in hebrew.