What sea does the Nile River empty into?

Mediterranean Sea

What made Egypt hard to invade?

Natural barriers made Egypt hard to invade. Desert in the west was too big and harsh to cross. Mediterranean and Red Sea provided protection from invasion. Cataracts in the Nile made it difficult to invade from the south.

What did the Pharaoh say to Moses?

Pharaoh said, “I will let you go to offer sacrifices to the LORD your God in the desert, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.” Moses answered, “As soon as I leave you, I will pray to the LORD, and tomorrow the flies will leave Pharaoh and his officials and his people.

Did the Pharaoh die in the Red Sea?

“A pharaoh drowned and a whole army was killed,” he said recounting the portion of the story that holds that God parted the Red Sea to allow the Israelites to escape, then closed the waters on the pursuing army. “This is a crisis for Egypt, and Egyptians do not document their crises.”

What happened to Pharaoh’s army?

The Egyptians pursued them, but at daybreak God clogged their chariot-wheels and threw them into a panic, and with the return of the water, the pharaoh and his entire army are destroyed.

Who parted the Red Sea in the Bible?

Moses

When did Moses cross the Red Sea?

“I’m arguing that the historical event happened in 1250 B.C., and the memories of it have been recorded in Exodus,” says Drews. “The people of the time gloried in God and gave God credit.”

Why is the Red Sea called the Red Sea in the Bible?

Ancient era The biblical Book of Exodus tells the account of the Israelites’ crossing of a body of water, which the Hebrew text calls Yam Suph (Hebrew: יַם סוּף‎). Yam Suph was traditionally identified as the Red Sea.