In northern Egypt, Canaanites had been migrating into Egypt ever since before the time of Joseph [Note: Not all Canaanites were Hebrew. The rest worshipped Ba’al]. Generally known as the Hyksos, they eventually increased in numbers until they finally took over and governed this region from 1638 BCE until 1530 BCE (when they were driven out during the Hyksos Expulsion].
Prior to this, in 1650 BCE, a powerful fireball (asteroid air explosion similar to the 1908
Tunguska event in Siberia) had devastated the fertile Canaanite region north of the Dead Sea, which would have increased the number of people migrating. Note, also, that this area is along a rift zone with many geologic faults, especially to the west — where the Santorini super volcano Thera had already been building towards an explosion. Four years later, in 1646 BCE, it blew and triggered the events known as the Ten Plagues of the Exodus.
So, consider, Canaanite numbers had been increasing for a long time and had become so problematic for the Egyptians that countermeasures against them led to the events that eventually brought Moses into the picture [Review biblical story of Joseph and then of Moses] — the fireball incident sent a new wave of immigrants into an already deteriorating situation that would later force Moses to flee with his people from Egypt. In between the fireball incident and the Santorini explosion, God told Moses to go forth into Egypt. Moses does so, and one of the first things that happens is that Santorini then explodes and the Ten Plagues of Egypt and other dramatic actions ensue.
A few of many related resources:
“The Historical Evidence Of The Plagues | The Exodus Decoded” (1 hr 32 min)
https://youtu.be/XObk07uabLI?si=ackZjzYuLrujIIOi
Note: At the 1 hour 4 minute mark begins the showing of indicators that the Exodus occurred prior to 1500 BCE.
“Is An Asteroid To Blame For The Biblical Story Of Sodom?”
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/sodom-asteroid
“Religion: What Happened to Sodom?”
https://samslair.blogspot.com/2021/11/what-happened-to-sodom.html?m=1
“Airburst Meteor Destroyed Jericho:
“Hyksos History and Invasion of Ancient Egypt”
https://www.cleopatraegypttours.com/travel-guide/hyksos-and-invasion-of-ancient-egypt/
Surprising Origins of Hyksos Dynasty:
A very brief summary of the sequence of events:
The peoples known as the Hyksos had been immigrating into Egypt for centuries (Canaanites were one of these peoples). They adapted to life there very well (as per biblical story of Joseph). Then a humongous meteoric airburst fire ball devastated the area just north of the Dead Sea in 1650 B.C. Large numbers of survivors fled into Egypt where troubles were already brewing between the Hyksos and the Egyptians. Then four years later, Thera erupted causing devastations in the eastern Mediterranean and further hardships in Egypt. After this, Moses exited with a large group of Hebrews (Exodus). Later, the remaining Hyksos took over and controlled the northern part of Egypt.
Note: Akhenaten’s monotheistic activities followed a couple of centuries later.
Read about Hyksos:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyksos
