In the Brooklyn Museum, a papyrus scroll numbered Brooklyn 35:1446 dates to the reign of Sobekhotep III, the predecessor of Neferhotep I. Once we reconcile Egyptian chronologies with the histories of the nations who interacted with them, we discover that Sobekhotep III and Neferhotep I represent the pharaohs who most likely reigned when Moses was born and then during the Exodus. The very late 12th dynasty papyrus contains a decree issued by the pharaoh Sobekhotep for a transfer of slaves. Of the ninety-five names mentioned in the letter, fifty percent are Semitic, thus Hebrew in origin. What’s more, the papyrus lists the slaves’ names in the original Semitic language and then adds the Egyptian name each had been assigned. Scripture records pharaoh doing this very thing in Genesis 41:45.

Relying upon the Mesoretic numerical rendering of I Kings 6:1, Scripture indicates that the Exodus took place in 1447 BCE (480 years before the 967 BCE construction of Yahuweh’s Temple in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign). Unfortunately none of the extant Dead Sea Scrolls fragments cover this passage; but fortunately the Septuagint corroborates this timing. So do external records. According to a second century BCE Greek manuscript, this 1447 date would place the timing of the Exodus under the reign of Khasekemra, a pharaoh whose Greek name means "Ra Shines Perfectly." Further study has shown that the Greek, Khasekemra, is actually the Egyptian Neferhotep, thus affirming that he is the most probable candidate for the pharaoh who defied God.

Archeologist David Down was the first to identify Khasekemra-Neferhotep I as the pharaoh to whom Moses said: "Let my people go." The latest scarabs found in Northern Egypt support his findings, revealing that Neferhotep was in command of Egypt when the Hebrew slaves suddenly left his kingdom. Interestingly, he was the last king to rule before the Hyksos occupied the nation ‘without fighting a battle.’ And that’s because there was no longer an Egyptian army. It was at the bottom of the Red Sea, something Yahuweh confirmed in Exodus 14:28. Also interesting, Khasekemra-Neferhotep’s mummy has never been found.