With names like Asher or Menachem, the slaves sound a bit Jewish
and does support the Exodus epoch
Hebrews in Egypt before the Exodus? Evidence from Papyrus Brooklyn | APXAIOC
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A section of Papyrus Brooklyn 35.1446 contains a list of 95 servants, many of whom are specified as "Asiatic" or coming from western Asia (i.e. Canaan). The servants with foreign names are given Egyptian names, just as Joseph was when he was a household servant under Potiphar (Genesis 41:45). The majority of the names are feminine because domestic servants were typically female, while the male servants often worked in construction or agricultural tasks. Approximately 30 of the servants have names identified as from the Semitic language family (Hebrew is a Semitic language), but even more relevant to the Exodus story is that several of these servants, up to ten, actually have specifically Hebrew names. The Hebrew names found on the list include:
Menahema, a feminine form of Menahem (2 Kings 15:14);
Ashera, a feminine form of Asher, the name of one of the sons of Jacob (Genesis 30:13);
Shiphrah, the name of one of the Hebrew midwives prior to the Exodus (Exodus 1:15);
‘Aqoba, a name appearing to be a feminine form of Jacob or Yaqob, the name of the patriarch (Genesis 25:26);
‘Ayyabum, the name of the patriarch Job or Ayob (Job 1:1);
Sekera, which is a feminine name either similar to Issakar, a name of one of the sons of Jacob, or the feminine form of it (Genesis 30:18);
Dawidi-huat a compound name utilizing the name David and meaning “my beloved is he” (1 Samuel 16:13);
Esebtw, a name derived from the Hebrew word
eseb meaning “herb” (Deuteronomy 32:2);
Hayah-wr another compound name composed of
Hayah or Eve and meaning “bright life” (Genesis 3:20); and finally the name
Hy’b’rw, which appears to be an Egyptian transcription of Hebrew (Genesis 39:14). Thus, this list is a clear attestation of Hebrew people living in Egypt prior to the Exodus, and it is an essential piece of evidence in the argument for an historical Exodus.
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