Egypt
Where is Egypt in the Bible? The land of Joseph's rise and of Israel's deliverance from slavery, through the key chapters. Read now, free and ad-free.
Egypt is the land of both Joseph's rise from slave to governor and of Israel's long period of slavery and its deliverance from there (the Exodus). The burning bush, the Passover and the crossing of the Red Sea are turning points of this narrative. The chapters below take you to the reading pages for these scenes.
Read the chapters
- Genesis 41
- Exodus 3
Moses' encounter with a bush that burns without being consumed, and the turning point at which he is commissioned to lead his people out of slavery.
- Exodus 12
- Exodus 14
The crossing of the Red Sea — the climax of the exodus story, recounting a people's deliverance from slavery with the sea ahead of them and an army behind.
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