Why was the Egyptian mistreating a Hebrew that Moses kill?

Answer 1

As Concerns the Israelites

For this we should logically look at the extensive records left behind by the ancient Egyptians, but there is no evidence anywhere that the Israelites were ever enslaved in Egypt and therefore no explanation of any mistreatment. In fact the earliest Egyptian reference to the Israelites comes from a stele written in 1205 BCE when the Israelites were already in the Canaanite hinterland. Scholars have established that the sojourn in Egypt and the subsequent Exodus never happened as described in The Bible. The mistreatment portrayed in The Bible was a tradition that helped the credibility of the Exodus story.

As Concerns Enslavement

As for Egyptian enslavement in general (regardless of whether it included Israelites), such practices were quite normal for the time-period. Almost every region of the world had slaves and would use them in ways that are considered quite brutal today without any thought.

Answer 2

As Concerns the Israelites

For this we should logically look at the extensive records left behind by the ancient Egyptians, but there is no evidence anywhere that the Israelites were ever enslaved in Egypt and therefore no explanation of any mistreatment. In fact the earliest Egyptian reference to the Israelites comes from a stele written in 1205 BCE when the Israelites were already in the Canaanite hinterland. Scholars have established that the sojourn in Egypt and the subsequent Exodus never happened as described in the Bible. The mistreatment portrayed in the Bible was a tradition that helped the credibility of the Exodus story.

As Concerns Enslavement

As for Egyptian enslavement in general (regardless of whether it included Israelites), such practices were quite normal for the time-period. Almost every region of the world had slaves and would use them in ways that are considered quite brutal today without any thought.

Answer 3

The Jews were slaves in Egypt, so they did as they pleased.