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Exodus—at least the first portion of it—is one of the most well known books of the Bible. It covers the oppression of the Israelites in Egypt, God’s miraculous deliverance, the covenant between God and Israel, as well as their time in the wilderness. The book was written by Moses, likely between 1446 and 1406 BC.**[6][7]**
And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
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Exodus takes place well after Joseph's death, 400 years after the Israelites arrival to Egypt (just as God told Abraham in Genesis). Based on dates given in the Bible, the Israelites were probably held captive until 1446 BC.**[6][7]** This would have been during the 18th Dynasty of Egypt, thus the Pharaohs of Moses' time would have been Amenhotep I (1514—1493 BC),[2] Thutmose I (1493 — 1482 BC),[3] Thutmose II (1482 — 1479 BC),[4] and Thutmose III (1479 — 1426BC).[5]
There are four key points in Exodus:
The word Exodus is an anglicized version of the Greek word meaning "departure."[1]
In Hebrew, the name of the book is Sh’mot, which means “names.”[8]
Being one of the 5 books included in the Pentateuch, Exodus is generally considered to be written by Moses. This assumption is confirmed many places in scripture (see the post on Genesis for a list of these verses).