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Q: Why did Abraham disguise Sarah as his sister when they entered Egypt?
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Led the israelites out of Egypt?

Moses or Abraham led the israelites out of Egypt i believe


Who is the person who led the Jews out of Egypt?

moses


How old was Abraham when Jacob was born?

Jacob was 130 years old when he entered Egypt (Gen. 47:9) and therefore had been born in 2005 B.C. Isaac was sixty when Jacob was born (Gen 25:26), and Abraham was 100 when Isaac was born (Gen. 21:5). Therefore, Abraham was 160 years old being born in 2165 B.C.


What year did abraham leave egypt because of the famine?

Abraham left Canaan (not Egypt) because of a famine. According to traditional chronology, this was in 1737 BCE.See also:Abraham's biographyTimeline


Did Abraham and Sarah live in Egypt or Judah?

Abraham and Sarah lived in Canaan, which many hundreds of years later became Judah and parts of Samaria. At one time Abraham and Sarah traveled to Egypt and stayed there a short time.


What happened to Abraham and Sarah as they went to Egypt?

They got sunburnt


When did the Muslims expand to Egypt?

The Muslims entered Egypt during the reign of Hazrat Omar (RAU) in the 7th century AD.


When Israel's family first entered Egypt what were they given?

The Best Land in Goshen a Fertile Area in Norther Egypt.


What happened to Alexander after he entered Egypt?

When Alexander entered Egypt, he was welcomed by the Egyptians and was regarded as a liberator from Persian rule. He was proclaimed the new "master of the Universe" and the son of the god Amun. He founded the city of Alexandria of Egypt, which later became the most important city on Egypt. He then left to fight the Persian emperor in Mesopotamia (Iraq).


When Abraham got to Egypt did he ask his wife to pretend to be Lot's wife?

No, Abraham did not ask his wife Sarah to pretend to be Lot's wife in Egypt. In Genesis 12:10-20, Abraham asked Sarah to pretend to be his sister because he feared that the Egyptians would kill him to take her. However, the narrative does not mention any request to pretend to be Lot's wife.


When did the Romans came into Egypt?

Officially, Rome conquered Egypt in 31 BC after Actium. However they were in contact with Egypt since shortly after the beginning of the Ptolemaic dynasty. Rome was even made guardian of the kingdom. It was the Romans who entered Egypt and restored Ptolemy XII to his throne and left a division of troops there. Julius Caesar entered and fought a war there in 47BC and also left a division of troops there, although the country remained independent. It wasn't until Octavian entered Egypt that Rome finally took over the country.


How many years between the death of Abraham and Israel entering into Egypt?

yes