The Ipuwer papyrus reads: “The river is blood. It was undrinkable and the Egyptians were forced to dig wells to find clean water ( Exodus 7:24) The First Plague: Nile turned to bloodįirst, we see a a reference to the first plague found in Exodus 7:20, when God turned the water of the Nile river into blood. In the following comparison of the Ipuwer plagues with the Biblical plagues, I used a translation provided by Rabbi Mordechai Becher of OHR Somayach a Jewish seminary. In his papyrus, Ipuwer was referring to the period shortly after the Egyptians regained control and warned the current rulers if they did not rule honestly, Egypt would be judged by their gods similar to what happened years earlier.Īnd then, Ipuwer goes on to describe some of these judgments that are eerily similar to several of the plagues mentioned in the Book of Exodus. They even embraced Egyptian culture, as archaeologist have found sphinxes with the heads of Hyksos pharaohs carved on them.Īround 1550 BC, the Egyptians were finally able to drive the Hyksos from Northern Egypt and retake the Nile Delta. When the Hyksos took over, they simply assumed the Egyptian government as the Hyksos leaders adopted the title of Pharaoh. In the papyrus, Ipuwer also referred to a group called the Asiatics and most believe this is a reference to an unusual time in Egypt’s history, when the Hyksos, a Semitic people similar to the Jews, conquered the northern half of Egypt in the 17th century BC, driving the Egyptian government into the southern half of the Nile delta. The Ipuwer papyrus is dated to the New Kingdom period of Egypt that started around 1550 BC. It was written by a man named Ipuwer who may have actually witnessed the events he was describing as he mixes historical with current events. It spoke of disasters, deaths, mysterious natural phenomena and famine. These ancient manuscripts were meticulously rewritten by hand down through the generations, and as the names changed over time, later scribes chose at times to use the area’s current name, that people were familiar with, rather than using its original name.Īnd this paves the way for an ancient papyrus on display at the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities located in Leiden, Holland.Ĭalled the Ipuwer papyrus, it was discovered in 1828, but wasn’t translated until 1909, when Professor Alan Gardner discovered it was a lament speaking of a very chaotic time in Egypt’s history.
Though this seems like a discrepancy, it isn’t. It was called the district of Rameses, even though Pharaoh Rameses would not show up until much later, if you hold he was the actual Pharaoh of the Exodus account.Ī chapter earlier, this same area is described as the land of Goshen in Genesis 46:3. Turkey changed Constantinople’s name to IstanbulĪnd we even see the same thing occurring in Genesis 47:11:ġ1 So Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh directed.That is important because cities, regions and even countries can change their name over time, particularly when there is a new government in power. But in each instance, the name is used to describe a city or territory, and not the actual name of the Pharaoh. Because in the Biblical account, we find four references to Ramses. If you have watched any of the movies about Israel’s exodus out of Egypt, they always portray the Pharaoh as a bald-headed Rameses II, arguably one of Egypt’s most powerful and famous pharaohs, who ruled between 12 BC. Because, it puts the exodus about 300 years earlier than traditionally believed.Īnd as an added bonus, in this podcast I will reveal who I think was the actual Pharaoh of the Exodus. Well in fact there is a reference to the plagues, but it hasn’t caught most Christian’s attention because it requires a major rethink of when the Exodus took place. Though Egyptian pharaohs were notorious for downplaying their defeats and glorifying their victories, you would think there would be at least some hint of Israel’s exodus. Hi my name is Dean Smith and in this podcast, I want to discuss an issue that has puzzled many people namely: why don’t we find any mention of the devastating 10 plaques or Israel’s departure in Egypt’s archaeological records. Israel in Egypt By Edward Poynter (1836-1919)/Wikipedia/Public Domain 74 | Does the Ipuwer Papyrus solve the mystery of the Egyptian Guard? FOLLOW OUR PODCAST ON (search opentheword):
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