After Pharaoh freed the Israelites, they were pursued by the Egyptians, who sought to recapture them as they left Egypt. The Egyptians, led by Pharaoh, caught up to the Israelites at the Red Sea, where they were ultimately defeated when Moses parted the waters, allowing the Israelites to escape and the Egyptian army to be drowned. Thus, it was the Egyptians who first attempted to recapture the Israelites after their liberation.
Pharaoh ultimately let the Israelites go after a series of devastating plagues that struck Egypt, which were interpreted as signs of divine power. The final plague, the death of the firstborn, led to immense suffering and prompted Pharaoh to relent. Additionally, he faced increasing pressure from his own people, who urged him to release the Israelites to stop the calamities. This decision was seen as a culmination of God's will to liberate the Israelites from slavery.
the Pharaoh set the Israelites free because his first and only son died ( he died in the tenth plague he was very upset.
Pharaoh commanded that all male Israelite infants be killed to curb the growing population of the Israelites in Egypt, fearing they would become too powerful. This order led to the infamous decree that every Hebrew boy born should be thrown into the Nile River, while allowing the girls to live. This command was part of Pharaoh's broader strategy to oppress and control the Israelite population.
At first, he made a conscious decision to refuse to permit the freeing of the Israelites. In a few of the later plagues, God Himself hardened Pharaoh's heart, for a reason given in Exodus ch.10.
The pharaoh at the time was Rameses.
The Pharaoh in the Exodus story is never named - he is simply referred to as "Pharaoh".
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The Pharaoh and the Egyptians. The Pharaoh mostly.
God instructed Moses to go to Pharaoh and demand the release of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. He was to tell Pharaoh, "Let my people go, so that they may worship me in the wilderness."
God sent Moses to Pharaoh to demand the release of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, as part of His plan to fulfill His promise to the Israelites and demonstrate His power and authority.
Pharaoh heart was hardened , so he would not let the Israelites free.
the Egyptian Pharaoh
The pharaoh marched his army all the way to Kadesh. The Pharaoh rules his civilization. The pharoah commanded the people of Egypt. Pharaoh was an Egyptian king who enslaved the Israelites.
The Egyptian Pharaoh refused to release the Jews.
There was only one punishment which Pharaoh imposed upon the Israelites for asking to leave. That was the punishment that they must continue making bricks, without being supplied with straw. (Exodus 5:7, repeated in 5:18). The other decrees of Pharaoh (Exodus ch.1) were before the Israelites asked to leave.
It was the plague after which Pharaoh finally freed the Israelites.