be compared to that of the Hebrews in Egypt?

5. Are there any Pharaohs to-day? Any Moseses?


FOOTNOTES:

[1] See Chapter I, and Genesis 46 and 47.

[2] Exodus I. 1-11, or Pa-Tum in Egyptian; the other Rameses, after
the king himself. It was decided to compel the Hebrews to do the work
of brickmaking for these new cities.




CHAPTER V

A GREAT DELIVERANCE


Egypt has never been a health resort. The intensely hot summers breed
germs of disease, and also the insects which often carry them.
Throughout its history the country has been ravaged periodically by
fearful epidemics. A series of these pestilences predicted by Moses
and declared to be Jehovah's punishment for the enslavement of the
Israelites, made it possible for him to lead his people out of
slavery. So severe were the plagues that the government was for a time
disorganized. Taking advantage of their opportunity, the Hebrews
suddenly gathered up their possessions and set out toward the desert,