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Because it narrates, among other things, the events of the Israelite enslavement in Egypt and their exodus (egress) from there.

See also:

http://www.academia.edu/1651319/Is_the_Exodus_Story_Possible

http://www.biblicalchronologist.org/answers/exodus_egypt.php

And the wider picture:

http://judaism.answers.com/hebrew/does-archaeology-support-the-hebrew-bible

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