Wanderings of the Patriarch, [124]—Necessity which drove him into Egypt, [125]—Passage of the Desert, [126]—A dread anxiety unfaithfully met, [127]—Reception on the frontier, and removal of Sarah to the court, [128]—Abraham's material well-being, [129]—The Pharaoh restores Sarah, [130]—Probable date of the visit, [130]—Other immigrants, [131].
THE GREAT INVASION—THE HYKSOS OR SHEPHERD KINGS—JOSEPH AND APEPI [132]-[146]
Exemption of Egypt hitherto from foreign attack, [132]—Threatening movements among the populations of Asia, [133]—Manetho's tale of the "Shepherd" invasion, [134]—The probable reality, [135], [136]—Upper Egypt not overrun, [137]—The first Hyksos king, Set, or Saites, [138]—Duration of the rule, doubtful, [139]—Character of the rule improves with time, [140]—Apepi's great works at Tanis, [144]—Apepi and Ra-sekenen, [145]—Apepi and Joseph, [146].
HOW THE HYKSOS WERE EXPELLED FROM EGYPT [147]-[169]
Rapid deterioration of conquering races generally, [147], [148]—Recovery of the Egyptians from the ill effects of the invasion, [149]—Second rise of Thebes to greatness, [150]—War of Apepi with Ra-sekenen III., [151]—Succession of Aahmes; war continues, [152]—The Hyksos quit Egypt, [153]—Aahmes perhaps assisted by the Ethiopians, [153]-[157].