Exodus, Part 1: Covenant People Rescued Judgment by Plagues (Ex 7-11) Behind | Workbook: YHWH vs. the Gods of Egypt

Lesson 2, Activity 14

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As you’ve just heard, the plagues were episodes in a broader conflict between YHWH and the gods of Egypt. In the chart below, fill in empty cells with the plague and verses that correspond with the Egyptian god or goddess.

Egyptian Deity	Plagues
Khnum – guardian of the Nile Hapi – spirit of the Nile	The Nile turns to blood (Ex 7:19)
Heket – goddess of birth, who manifests as a frog	The waters are filled with dead frogs (Ex 7:28-29; 8:1)
Seb – god of the earth
Amun-Ra – creator god, with the head of a beetle	Swarms of insects fill the air (Ex 8:24)
Hathor – goddess of the desert, with the head of a cow Apis – god of fertility in the form of a bull
Imhotep – god of medicine and healing
Nut – goddess of the sky Seth – god of wind and storms	Hail destroys every herb and tree (Ex 9:25)
Min – god of fertility
Aten or Amun-Re – god of the sun
Meskhenet – goddess of childbirth	The death of the firstborn (Ex 12:29-30)