Who Was The Exodus Pharaoh?

Although the Exodus (see By The Book - Exodus) can be approximately dated (see the dynasty list below), there remains disagreement among Biblical historians as to not just the year, but the century when it happened - various researchers sometimes differ by as much as two hundred years. This causes uncertainty regarding the identity of the unnamed Pharaoh that opposed Moses and Aaron during The Ten Plagues and The Passover In Egypt (see also Where Did They Cross The Sea?, Is This How The Red Sea Parted? and Wilderness Journey). Amenhotep II, Merneptah, Thothmes III and Rameses II, among others, have all been suggested as possibilities.

Egyptian Dynasties

The Egyptian civilization, one of the oldest known, developed in the Nile River region well over 5,000 years ago. The history of ancient Egypt is divided into a number of periods, kingdoms and dynasties.

• The Early Dynastic Period (about 3000-2600 B.C.)
  
  • The First and Second Dynasties

• The Old Kingdom (about 2600-2100 B.C.)
  
  • The Third to Eighth Dynasties

• The First Intermediate Period (about 2100-2050 B.C.)
  
  • The Ninth and Tenth Dynasties

• The Middle Kingdom (about 2050-1800 B.C.)
  
  • The Eleventh and Twelfth Dynasties

• The Second Intermediate Period (about 1800-1600 B.C.)
  
  • The Thirteenth to Seventeenth Dynasties

• The New Kingdom (about 1600-1150 B.C.)
  
  • The Eighteenth to Twentieth Dynasties - Israelite Exodus

• The Late Dynastic Period (about 1150-330 B.C.)
  
  • The Twenty-First to Thirtieth Dynasties

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Exodus 2:5
See also Miriam