Topical Bible: Citizens: Wicked: An Egyptian

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In the biblical narrative, Egyptians often serve as a representation of wickedness and opposition to God's people, Israel. This portrayal is rooted in the historical and spiritual conflicts between the Israelites and the Egyptians, particularly during the period of the Exodus.

Historical Context

The Egyptians are first introduced in the Bible as a powerful and advanced civilization. However, their relationship with the Israelites becomes strained during the time of Joseph, when the Israelites initially find refuge in Egypt (Genesis 47:11). Over time, the Israelites grow in number, and a new Pharaoh, who did not know Joseph, perceives them as a threat. This Pharaoh's actions set the stage for the Egyptians' role as oppressors.

Oppression and Wickedness

The Egyptians' wickedness is most prominently displayed in the book of Exodus. The Pharaoh enslaves the Israelites, subjecting them to harsh labor and attempting to suppress their population through infanticide. Exodus 1:13-14 states, "They worked the Israelites ruthlessly and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their hard labor, the Egyptians used them

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Acts 21:38
Are not you that Egyptian, which before these days made an uproar, and led out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?
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That Plato, who Excluded Poets from a Well-Ordered City, was ...
... honors,"to Plato, who prohibited these wicked and licentious ... Rome prohibit actors
from being enrolled as citizens; and if ... [107] The Egyptian gods represented ...
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Of the Chief Good and virtue, and or Knowledge and Righteousness.
... And for the most part the wicked are more ... cause harsh tyrannies have always broken
out against the citizens. ... 1119] and being mutilated by Egyptian eunuchs, was ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap vi of the chief good.htm

How John Tyrannized Over the Rest; and what Mischiefs the Zealots ...
... in memory of their deliverance from the Egyptian bondage, when ... in which expedition
they prevented those citizens that could ... had the wicked men that were in the ...
/.../chapter 7 how john tyrannized.htm

Mormonites, or the Church of the Latter-Day Saints.
... were filled with engravings, in Egyptian characters, and ... intelligent, noble, and
patriotic citizens to obey ... a powerful nation, but extremely wicked; and their ...
/.../hayward/the book of religions/mormonites or the church of.htm

part viii.
... he is such an unjust one, and that those about him are wicked. 70. ... Banishment of
Egyptian Bishops ... and breaking into the house of certain free citizens where the ...
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Whether the Judicial Precepts Regarding Foreigners were Framed in ...
... he is thy brother; nor the Egyptian because thou ... words are just, there is nothing
wicked nor perverse ... who are not competent to be citizens absolutely speaking. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the judicial precepts regarding.htm

Palestine under Pagan Kings.
... years before Christ, while that wicked Manassah was ... which the approach of the Egyptian
succors had ... previous conquests, and were useful, respectable citizens. ...
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The Stage as it was Once.
... the idea that the gods were like men, and as wicked. ... Come, fellow-citizens, and see
The desolate Antigone ... with the hawk-headed or cat-headed Egyptian idols, the ...
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Letter cxviii. To Julian.
... After untold trials a wicked wife was still left ... a kingdom which desires for its
citizens souls that ... your clothes within; to escape your Egyptian mistress [3095 ...
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Contemporary History.
... endowment of physicians for the poorer citizens show that ... The Egyptian Bishops opposed
him and vainly endeavoured to ... or the condemnation of the wicked, or the ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/ii contemporary history.htm