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CHAPTER IV. Illustrations of the Pentateuch and Bible Passages from
E. A. Wallis Budge (1885)
THE Egyptian Monuments.
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Abraham's sojourn in Eg>'pt — Famines — Abundance of food in Egypt — Lake Moeris and its builder — ^Joseph sold into Egypt — D'Orbiney papyrus — ^Joseph in prison — Bakers' baskets — Pharaoh's birthday — Seven cows of Athor — ^Joseph interprets the dream — Egyptian barber and razors — Fine linen and golden chain — Joseph's Egj'ptian name and its meaning — Oppression of the Israelites — Bricks made without straw — Moses laid in a papyrus box — The Exodus in the reign of Meneptah — Subsequent contact of the Egyptians and Israelites — Pharaoh Hophra and Pharaoh Necho — Decline of the Empire — Persian rule and subjugation of Egypt ... 80
CHAPTER V. Egyptian Literature.
Poem of Pentaur on the war of Rameses II. with the Khita — Hymns to the Nile — Hymn to Ra — Magical works — Tale of Two Brothers — Possessed Princess of Bakhten — The Song of the Harper 99