The Pharaoh Of Egypt During Moses Life

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The Pharaoh of Egypt during Moses’ life saw the people of Israel growing within his borders and wanted their population controlled. He inflicted harsh slavery upon and started a campaign of genocide to wipe out the male children. Out of hatred for the Israelites, Pharaoh ordered all the male babies to be killed. Moses was born into an oppressed people. The Israelites struggled greatly at the time under Egypt’s rule. All Hebrew male babies that were born had to be killed. This gives a small picture of the conditions that Jesus was born into. Instead of Egyptian rule, Jesus was born into a Jewish nation under the rule of the Roman Empire. And like Moses’ birth, Jesus faced the same fate. According to Exodus 1:15-16 Amplified (AMP) “When you