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What caused the israelites to to migrate to Egypt and what happened when they started to?

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The Hebrew Bible says they migrated to Egypt because of a drought and threat of famine. At first, they were given places of honor in the Egyptian kingdom. Later, they were forced into slavery and were brutally treated.
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