The Exodus from Egypt is foundational for all that follows in the Bible. The children of Israel leave Egpyt, heading eastward. The Egyptians pursue them and find them at the Sea. There, a great miracle takes place. God causes a wind to blow all night pushing the water back into walls and drying the sea bed. Israel safely crosses on dry ground, but the Egyptians are killed when the waters come crashing in on them. Biblical writers call the sea where this miracle takes place, Yam Suf (Sea of Reeds), but where is it? Three bodies of water are called Yam Suf (the marshy area in the Nile Delta, the Gulf of Suez, and the Gulf of Aqaba). Which one did the Israelites cross? In this class, clues from the text are presented to demonstrate the most likely candidate for the crossing of the Sea.

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