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referred to as the Ipuwer Papyrus. Although the papyrus itself may date to the Nineteenth
dynasty, the writing style embraces Middle Egyptian, an indication that the text
was copied from a much older document.
Among the biblical plagues unleashed by Moses were: 1) blood in the Nile; 2)
frogs; 3) gnats; 4) boils on the skin; 5) flies; 6) destruction of cattle; 7) thunder, hail,
and fire in the fields that destroyed crops; 8) locusts; 9) darkness; 10) death of Egypt’s
firstborn children. Keep these in mind as we compare the incidents in the “Admonitions
of an Egyptian Sage” with the biblical events.
The papyrus tells of an era of great anarchy, perhaps the First Intermediate Period
(c. 2200 B.C.–2040 B.C.). Some of the events described bear a remarkable similarity
to the effects of the plagues unleashed by Moses. Consider these comparisons:
Bible: And all the waters that were in the river were turned into blood….
The Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was
blood throughout all the land of Egypt. (Exod. 7:20–21)
Papyrus: Indeed the river is blood, yet men drink of it. Men [shrink] from
human beings and thirst after water.
Bible: [T]he fire ran along upon the ground. (Exod. 9:23)
Papyrus: Indeed, gates, columns, and [walls] are burnt up…Behold, the fire has
gone up on high, and its burning goes forth against the enemies of the
land.
Bible: And the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the
field. (Exod. 9:25)
Papyrus: Indeed, trees are felled and branches are stripped off.
Bible: And there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of
the fields, through all the land of Egypt. (Exod. 10:15)
Papyrus: Neither fruit nor herbage can be found…everywhere barley has
perished.