![]() ![]() The wife of Amenophis III, of that dynasty, was a Semite. Some argue that Joseph came to Egypt in the reign of Thothmes III, long after the expulsion of the Hyksos, and that his influence is to be seen in the rise and progress of the religious revolution in the direction of monotheism which characterized the middle of the Eighteenth Dynasty. To the old native Egyptians, who were an African race, shepherds were “an abomination ” but to the Hyksos kings these Asiatic shepherds who now appeared with Jacob at their head were congenial, and being akin to their own race, had a warm welcome ( Genesis 47:5,6). ![]() This was probably Apopi (Apopis), the last of the Hyksos kings. The name they bear on the monuments is “Mentiu.” They were probably driven forward by the pressure of the Hittites. They were of Semitic origin, and of kindred blood accordingly with Abram. This was probably one of the Hyksos, or “shepherd kings.” The Egyptians called the nomad tribes of Syria Shasu, “plunderers,” their king or chief Hyk, and hence the name of those invaders who conquered the native kings and established a strong government, with Zoan or Tanis as their capital. The Pharaoh who was on the throne when Abram went down into Egypt.Several different pharaohs are mentioned in the Bible. ![]()
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