Chapter 12: Pharaohs of the Oppression – Answers in Genesis
Very interesting article about the time of Joseph, or at least one theory about the time. The dates assigned to the Middle Kingdom by Dr. Rosalie David are 1991-1786 B.C.3 This would place Sesostris III about 1840 B.C. However, some scholars recommend a later date. Biblical chronology places the Exodus about 1445 B.C. (1 Kings 6:1). This could place the beginning of the oppression about 1600 B.C., and if the beginning of the reign of Sesostris III was reduced to this time, then he would have been the pharaoh who oppressed the Israelite slaves. His statues and texts indicate that he was the type of tyrant who would be quite capable of such cruelty. Sig