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Rekhmire, the vizier to Thutmose III, left behind splended wall paintings in his tomb in which scenes of the making of bricks and other tasks are being carried out, similar to the scene in ''Exodus'' 5:6-19.  Found among the figures in the paintings are Semitic foreigners engaged in brick-making, with the hyroglyphic text having them say ''"He supplies us with bread, beer, and every good thing,"'' while they get a stern warning from the task-masters: ''"The rod is in my hand; be not idle!''  (Unger, pg. 333)  

Rekhmire, the vizier to Thutmose III, left behind splended wall paintings in his tomb in which scenes of the making of bricks and other tasks are being carried out, similar to the scene in ''Exodus'' 5:6-19.  Found among the figures in the paintings are Semitic foreigners engaged in brick-making, with the hyroglyphic text having them say ''"He supplies us with bread, beer, and every good thing,"'' while they get a stern warning from the task-masters: ''"The rod is in my hand; be not idle!''  (Unger, pg. 333)  

Thutmose III was known as a great builder who used employed large numbers of slaves in his building projects; this number included large numbers of Semites, who were hated by Thutmose as a result of the Hyksos period.  The powerful 18th Dynasty was founded by Amenhotep I (1546-1525 B.C.), who came to power after a campaign to drive the Hyksos from Egypt had succeeded about 1570 B.C.  Remaining Semites who stayed behind were treated brutally by the next several kings (Thutmose I and Thutmose II), culminating in Thutmoses III, who ''"...made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field..."'' (''Exodus'' 1:14).

Thutmose III was known as a great builder who used employed large numbers of slaves in his building projects; this number included large numbers of Semites, who were hated by Thutmose as a result of the Hyksos period.  The powerful 18th Dynasty was founded by Amenhotep I (1546-1525 B.C.), who came to power after a campaign to drive the Hyksos from Egypt had succeeded about 1570 B.C.  Remaining Semites who stayed behind were treated brutally by the next several kings (Thutmose I and Thutmose II), culminating in Thutmoses III, who ''"...made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field..."'' (''Exodus'' 1:14). Archaeologist and historian W.F. Albright confirmed that the Hyksos invasion of Egypt was led by a Semetic people, not Hurrians or Indo-Aryans as some scholars contend; this fact help fuel the hatred that many Egyptians felt for the Hebrew slaves remaining in Goshen. (Albright, pg. 44)

==Late date of 1290 B.C.==

==Late date of 1290 B.C.==