Did Israel’s Exodus From Egypt Actually Happen?

By Lee Salisbury

Archaeological and Historical Portion of this Article Based On:


The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology of the Near East

Abbreviated Version of The Bible’s Exodus Saga:


Does the Bible Treat Israel’s Exodus As History By Giving Dates?

Solomon’s reign as king begins 970 BCE



Exodus Year 1447 BCE


Israel enters Egypt 1877 BCE


From Judges and I Samuel From Acts 13: 16-20

In Wilderness 40 Years In Wilderness 40 Years

Under Joshua* 40 Years From Wilderness to Samuel 450 Years

Under Judges 410 Years ------

Under Eli 40 Years ------

Under Samuel* 40 Years Under Samuel 40 Years

Under Saul 40 Years Under Saul 40 Years

Under David 40 Years Under David 40 Years

Total 650 Years 610 Years

Exodus Year 1617 BCE 1577 BCE

Does Archaeology Confirm Migrations From Canaan Into Egypt?



Does The Hyksos Expulsion Account For The Exodus Story?




Does The Bible’s Exodus Date Coincide With Egyptian Chronology ?



































Supplemental archaeological data











rob said...

Unfortunately, nothing undermines biblical skeptics than the tendency to parrot outdated and disproved "facts". I will never again set foot in a church, but inaccuracy truly gets under my skin:
Example: The oft told tale that camels were not domesticated until about 1000 BC "proving" mention of the camel in Genesis makes the book fiction. That tale has long been discarded by experts who now recognize the presence and domestication of the camel as far back as the Egypt's Old Kingdom.
This ranks with the "fact" that Nabonidus was the last ruler of Babylon and that there was no "belshazzar" (sic) and so the incident was made up...or so it has been said. Of course most of us now know Nabonidus took off to wroship the Moon God and left his son, guess who, in charge at the time of Daniel...a fact that was not widely known even to ancient historians three hundred years later.
Other "gaffes" by so called experts? It wasn't that long ago when biblical skeptics scoffed at the idea that either Assyria or Babylon were the great powers the bible claimed. They used to use this as their "proof" the bible was fiction.
And unfortunately, the old orthodox Egyptian chronology is being severely shaken by the "New Chronology".
I have no clue how it will turn out, but two things must be considered: The revered Kathleen Kenyon couldn't even get the date of a Jerusalem ruin right, so her theories about Jericho must be taken with a grain of salt.
And, of course, there is still no agreement on when the most powerful volcanic explosion in the history took place, Thera of course. You would think experts who think they can tell when the first camel waderd over the desrt could figure that out with ease.
CHECK YOUR FACTS BEFORE YOU PARROT SOME "EXPERT"...he or she may be years out of date....

.:webmaster:. said...

Uh, even if everything you commented is true, Rob, how do your comments undermine this article?

This article is about the fabled account of the Hebrew exodus from Egypt, not the book of Daniel or Genesis.

Unfortunately nothing -- no fact or figure -- will undermine the fallacious faith a fundie fanatic.

But, to address your Daniel fantasy: Click here and here.

melkhart said...

And what about Josuah the hero praying Jehova TO STOP THE SUN TRAVEL ACROSS THE SKY to get time to finish the battle? Does this day get 35 hours instead 24? What about Abraham BUYING his cave WITH MONEY when the money was not still developed? What about the Abraham camels, when the camels were at his time in deep Arabia not in Palestine? The whole Byble (a greek name for 'book', by the way) is a fairing tale, the same as greek and roman myths... The NibelungenRing saga told about dragons, invisible capes, hidden treasures, sex, treasons, kingdoms rules by brothers, barbarians and warriors dwarfts but no ones look this as a REALITY: Atila the Hun has died at this time, and Sigfrid did never exist -but the Worms cathedral did!

melkhart said...

Exemple of you 'biblical probe method': The History of Rome says two orphan brothers, Romul and Rem, were raised by wolfs. There are probes on India XIXth century that lossed children were raised by wolfs, as Kipling novel 'Mowgly jungle book' assured, just alike Burroughs novel 'Tarzan' assured a human child can be raised by apes. "Ergo", as is possible that wolfs and apes can raised kids, the history of Rome is all true and, if the Romul and Rem tale is rigth, 'ergo' also is true his ancestor Eneas was goddess Venus son, because anciens greeks assured gods and men can make love together even under zoophilia behaviour-, and is true Julius Caesar was also a Venus descendent in a rigth line that reached Eneas... And, indeed, Theus, Mars, Vulcan, Cronos Hercules an all the 'divine pack' were truly gods and heroes, not mythics or invented ones... all just coming form 'its possible wolfs can raised kids'

melkhart said...

rob, my son: if you believe the Byble is rigth, do you believe the whole COSMOS was enlisted in 6 days and God did not work the 7th? REALLY? Do you believe God were 'tired' and 'stressed'? Do you believe God make the first man from mud 'aliked Me', and the first woman from the first man's ribb? REALLY? If so, who made the antropological men from Olduvai (Kenya), Neanderthal (Germany) or Atapuerca and Altamira (Spain) dated over 1,000,000 years old? Why Byble do not say nothing about xinese people, or indians, vikings, scithyans, skimo, negroes, etc. who are milions and milions people around the world and only told about jews? Do you believe sun rounds earth instead earth rounds sun because God STOPPED the sun course across the sky? REALLY? Answer: Byble is the epic jews mythical History boundered by a well knows geographical limits, but not an universal true Humanity history full of wisdom and accuracy. In ancien french middle age an anonymus poet wrote 'Le chanson du Roland', named by this Charlesmagnus knigth, the poem says the hero maked a mountain pass at the Pyrinnèes highlands only by a sword single 'coup' against the rocks!! The mountain pass exist, the toponimya exist, the poem exist, the emperor Charlemagnus did extist, towns quoted at the poem like Zaragoza and Roncesvalles (Spain) or Paris (France) actually exist, the swords, horses and old cavalry sure did exist around Europe... but no one expect someone really believe a man with a sword can make a mountain pass!!!

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