Many scholars believe he was also the pharaoh reigning over Ancient Egypt during the time of Moses, who was described in the Old Testament’s Book of Exodus as leading the enslaved Israelites out.

ultimately confronted Pharaoh’s tyranny. I’ve always been struck by how much of the Exodus narrative focuses not on the Israelites but on Egypt. Once Moses arrives and the plagues begin ...

And Exodus gives narrative reality to those ideas ... today question whether Israelites were ever slaves under the pharaohs. Rembrandt reinforced Moses's larger-than-life image.

But the pharaoh still said no ... During the meal, the story of Exodus is told from a book called the Haggadah (Narration). Everybody takes part in reading from the Haggadah.