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→The Biblical Narrative: Genesis 15, relation to exodus
No archaeologist has ever found the mortal remains of Neferhotep I. Furthermore, Neferhotep did not have a son to succeed him, but rather a brother, [[Sobekhotep IV]]. Shortly after Sobekhotep IV came to the throne, the Hyksos came in force, and occupied Egypt virtually without resistance.<ref name=Hyksos/>
No archaeologist has ever found the mortal remains of Neferhotep I. Furthermore, Neferhotep did not have a son to succeed him, but rather a brother, [[Sobekhotep IV]]. Shortly after Sobekhotep IV came to the throne, the Hyksos came in force, and occupied Egypt virtually without resistance.<ref name=Hyksos/>
== Possible Biblical Foreshadowing? ==
It appears from the narrative in Genesis 15:13-18, that the plan of the exodus may have been revealed to Abraham. In verse 13 the narrative records that Abraham's descendant will be a stranger ina land that is not there's. The descendants of Abraham will serve the strangers in that land, and these strangers whom Abraham's descendants serve will "afflict them" for 400 years. In Verse 14 the narrative records that God will judge the nation holding the descendants of Abraham, "your seed will leave that nation with material wealth". Verse 15 records that Abraham will die, at an old age, and buried with his father, but after the 4th generation (narrative continues into Verse 16) these things previously hinted at would occur. In verse 17 the narrative records that the sun went down, but that Abraham saw a smoking furnace and a burning lamp, perhaps picturing the "burning bush" or Moses, or the "burning cloud" which lead the Israelites in the Exodus. Finally, verse 18 records that the borders of the land that the descendants of Abraham will immigrate too after this period of 400 years to be everything from the Nile river to the Euphrates. It should be noted that this verse has been a hotbed, as anti-semitic and anti-Israel bigots not this as a claim to an Israeli lebensraum.
== Physical evidence of the Exodus ==
== Physical evidence of the Exodus ==